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US 10,343,430 B2Granted
Assembly for moving a carriage
AssigneeOcé Holding B.V.
InventorRomeo Musete
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Abstract
An assembly is provided for moving a carriage, the assembly comprising a carriage beam arranged for supporting the carriage, which is moveably arranged along the carriage beam, a cable carrier for supporting a cable, the cable carrier being attached to the carriage and comprising a plurality of carrier segments distributed along a length of the cable carrier, and a flexible support element arranged along the carriage beam for supporting the cable carrier along a track.
Claims19
An assembly for moving a carriage, the assembly comprising:
- a carriage beam arranged for supporting the carriage, the carriage being moveably arranged along the carriage beam;
- a cable carrier for supporting a cable, the cable carrier being attached to the carriage and comprising a plurality of carrier segments distributed along a longitudinal length of the cable carrier;
- a flexible support element arranged along the carriage beam for supporting the cable carrier along a track, wherein when the carriage moves along the carriage beam, the cable carrier is in rolling contact to the flexible support element along the track, whereby the carrier segments successively contact the flexible support element;
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- a tensioner assembly arranged for tensioning the flexible support element,
- wherein a first end of the flexible support element is attached to a first mounting plate of a frame and a second end of the flexible support element is attached to a second mounting plate of the frame.
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