Material or article handling – Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into – within,... – Unstacking apparatus
Patent
1997-11-25
1999-08-10
Krizek, Janice L.
Material or article handling
Apparatus for moving intersupporting articles into, within,...
Unstacking apparatus
414729, 414751, 414908, 414937, 414941, 414800, 294 93, B65H 300, B65G 5902
Patent
active
059348658
ABSTRACT:
A disk gripper featuring a spindle fitting through the central hole of a disk, with the spindle harboring a movable latch which is a pin carried by a movable arm. An actuator shifts the latch out of the spindle once the spindle has entered a disk hole with the latch causing the disk to slide laterally into a curled finger which provides a protective, non-contacting envelope. The disk is held in place on the shoulder of a bulbous portion of the spindle which keeps the disk on the shoulder of the spindle. The actuator is activated by a floating sensor ring carried by the spindle. When the spindle passes through a disk hole, the sensor ring moves upwardly, resting on the disk sending an upright tripper into an optical detector causing the latch to retract and allowing the spindle to pass into the disk hole. After passage into the disk hole the latch is released, causing lateral disk motion, causing the disk to laterally slide into a securely held position.
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Hess Douglas
Krizek Janice L.
McGuire, Jr. John P.
Schneck Thomas
Trace Digital LLC
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