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Linear motion device

US4289040A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 27, 1979
Grant dateSep 15, 1981
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Expiry dateAug 27, 1999

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T74/18296
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A linear motion device particularly usable for providing a lateral movement stroke with vertical lifting and dropping performed at the extreme limits of movement of the lateral stroke which includes a base, two vertical shafts fixedly secured to the base and extending upwardly therefrom, a yoke movably secured to the vertical shafts to be vertically movable with respect thereto. The yoke member including a yoke pin extending outwardly therefrom into a lift cam which is circular and rotatably driven by being fixedly secured to a drive shaft, the lift cam achieving selective vertical movement of the yoke member responsive to the profile of the cam therein. The device further including a crank being reciprocally movable and secured to the drive shaft wherein the crank includes a pin at the outward section thereof which is radially movable toward and away from the axis of the drive shaft, the pin selectively rotatable within the channel of a plate cam at one end and in the channel of a vertical orientation device at the other end, the vertical orientation device secured to horizontally extending members which themselves provide the X and Y stroke of the movement, lateral movement achie…

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