Centering apparatus
AssigneeSeidenader Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorHerbert Grindinger
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a centering apparatus for the orderly insertion of objects into a storage container comprising: a plate-like base body, a plurality of first indentations adjacent to one another in an outer edge of the base body, a cut-out in the base body, and a plurality of mutually adjacent second indentations in an edge of the cut-out, wherein the first indentations and the second orientations have the same orientation.
Claims17
A centering apparatus for insertion of objects into a storage container comprising:
- a base body including a flat surface;
- a plurality of mutually adjacent first indentations in an outer edge of the base body;
- a cut-out in the base body;
- a plurality of mutually adjacent second indentations in an edge of the cut-out, wherein orientations of the first indentations and the second indentations are the same;
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- a drive unit configured to move the storage container with respect to the centering apparatus;
- wherein the storage container is adapted to have a plurality of rows of mutually offset arrangement positions for the objects;
- wherein the centering apparatus is adapted to be arranged above the storage container and is adapted to center the objects with respect to their arrangement positions in the storage container on the insertion of the objects into the storage container;
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- wherein the drive unit is configured to move different rows of arrangement positions such that they align with the first indentations and the second indentations of the centering apparatus.
A renester including a centering apparatus configured to insert objects into a storage container, the renester comprising:
- a storage container for storing objects;
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- the centering apparatus comprising:
- a base body including a flat surface;
- a plurality of mutually adjacent first indentations in an outer edge of the base body;
- a cut-out in the base body;
- a plurality of mutually adjacent second indentations in an edge of the cut-out, wherein orientations of the first indentations and the second indentations are the same, and
- a drive unit configured to move the storage container with respect to the centering apparatus;
- wherein the storage container has a plurality of rows of mutually offset arrangement positions for the objects;
- wherein the centering apparatus is arranged above the storage container and serves to center an object with respect to its arrangement position in the storage container on the insertion of the object into the storage container;
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- wherein the drive unit moves different rows of arrangement positions such that they align with associated indentations of the centering apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.