Flipping mechanism
AssigneeCoolsome Oy
InventorIlkka Helmikkala
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Abstract
The flipping mechanism for rotating a flat element includes a linear guide having a rail and a slide moveable along the rail, a swivel arm having a first end connected adjacent to a first end of the rail in such a way that the swivel arm can be rotated about the first end between a first position, in which the swivel arm is parallel to the rail, and a second position, in which the swivel arm is perpendicular to the rail, and a rotation element having a first end connected in a rotatable manner to the slide of the linear guide, the rotation element being further connected to the swivel arm in a rotatable manner such that rotation of the rotation element about its first end causes rotation of the swivel arm about the first end.
Claims9
A flipping mechanism for rotating a flat element between a first position and a second position, the flat element having a first side facing a first direction and a second side facing an opposite direction, in the first position of the flat element, the first side of the element facing a predetermined direction, in the second position of the flat element, the second side of the element facing said predetermined direction, the flipping mechanism comprising:
- at least one linear guide, each of the at least one linear guide comprising
- a rail having a first end and a second end, and
- a slide moveable along the rail between the first end and the second end;
- a first swivel arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first swivel arm being connected adjacent to the first end of the rail of the linear guide such that the first swivel arm is rotatable about the first end of the first swivel arm between a first position, in which the first swivel arm is parallel to the rail of the at least one linear guide, and a second position, in which the first swivel arm is perpendicular to the rail of the at least one linear guide;
- a first rotation element having a first end and a second end, the first end of the first rotation element being connected in a rotatable manner to the slide of the at least one linear guide, the first rotation element being further connected to the first swivel arm in a rotatable manner such that rotation of the first rotation element about the first end of the first rotation element causes rotation of the first swivel arm about the first end of the first swivel arm;
- a second swivel arm having a first end and a second end, the first end of the second swivel arm being parallel to the first swivel arm such that the second swivel arm is rotatable about the first end of the second swivel arm between a first position, in which the second swivel arm is parallel to the rail of the at least one linear guide, and a second position, in which the second swivel arm is perpendicular to the rail of the at least one linear guide;
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- a second rotation element having a first end and a second end, the second rotation element being connected to the second swivel arm in a rotatable manner such that rotation of the second rotation element about the first end of the second rotation element causes rotation of the second swivel arm about the first end of the second swivel arm,
- wherein the second swivel arm is connected to the first swivel arm via a first joining bar, and
- the first rotation element and the second rotation element are rotatable around the first joining bar.
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