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Device to handle and to orient flat workpieces arranged in batches

US5293984A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateDec 14, 1992
Grant dateMar 15, 1994
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Expiry dateDec 14, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65H2301/33222
  • WIPO fieldHandling
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A handling and orienting device comprises a carrier plane surface that includes a series of driven rollers between which a table equipped with driven balls is located, the carrier plane and table are relatively movable upward and downward, as well as shifted sidewise in one or the other direction. The driven balls are actuated by a rotating disk and the disk is able to rotate in one or the other direction.

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