Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Positions intersupporting article into row
Patent
1992-07-16
1994-02-01
Huppert, Michael S.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Positions intersupporting article into row
211 46, 19880313, 4147985, B65B 510
Patent
active
052827178
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for storing and transporting printed circuit boards is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a body having a base defining an upwardly facing support surface for supporting a stack of printed circuit boards. The support surface may optionally have a slight rearward inclination. Elongate annular members are secured to the base on both sides and extend adjacent to the supporting surface and remotely therefrom in the direction in which the stack of printed circuit boards is to be arranged. Liners are provided with holes through which the annular members extend so that the liners are movable between a suspended stand-by position to an operative position in which the liners are horizontally supported on or are vertically suspended between adjacent printed circuit boards. Two symmetrically arranged synchronized belt drives are mounted on the base and comprise belts extending parallel to elongate annular members. Each belt defines an elongate hole, which is similar to and registers with the elongate hole defined by the adjacent annular members. Each of the belt drives comprises a rotating gripper having two gripping jaws, each of which is pivotally movable by a stationary actuator. Sensors automatically position the grippers near one of the liners regardless of the position of the liner.
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Herrmann Gunter
Lohr Gunter
Mozzi Josef
Huppert Michael S.
Lohr & Herrmann GmbH
Morse Gregory A.
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