Divider and divider plate
AssigneesYat Fang Liew, Zhi Loong Lam, Zhiqun Lam, Zhixiu Lam
InventorsChoon Sen David Lam, Zhi Loong Lam, Zhiqun Lam, Zhixiu Lam
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Abstract
An object transport system includes a plate having an array of apertures; and a plurality of dividers, each of the dividers including an elongate throat connecting a head to a base, wherein the base is arranged to be inserted into one of the apertures.
Claims19
An object transport system comprising:
- a plate having an array of apertures;
- a plurality of dividers, each of the plurality of dividers comprising a head, a base, and a flexible elongate throat connecting the head to the base;
- wherein the base is arranged to be inserted into one of the apertures and the flexible elongate throat is arranged to deflect when a force, from an object, is exerted on the flexible elongate throat;
- wherein the flexible elongate throat has a tapered portion intermediate the head and the base, a taper extending along a length of the tapered portion, the divider being arranged to bend about the tapered portion.
A method of manipulating a divider within an aperture of a plate, the divider including a head, a base, and a flexible elongate throat connecting the head to the base, the throat having a tapered portion intermediate the head and the base, the base having two tabs, a taper extending along a length of the tapered portion, the divider being arranged to bend about the tapered portion, the method comprising the steps of:
- inserting the base into a neck of the aperture, the neck depressing the tabs from an extended position to a squeezed position;
- and
- further inserting the base such that the base enters a void, the tabs resiliently moving to the extended position within the void, and consequently locking the divider into the aperture.
An object transport system comprising:
- a plate having an array of apertures;
- and
- a plurality of dividers, each of the dividers comprising
- a flexible elongate throat connecting a head to a base,
- wherein the base is arranged to be inserted into one of the apertures and the flexible elongate throat is arranged to deflect when a force, from an object, is exerted on the flexible elongate throat;
- and
- wherein the flexible elongate throat has a tapered portion intermediate the head and the base, a taper extending along a length of the tapered portion, the divider being arranged to bend about the tapered portion,
- wherein:
- spacing of the apertures and heads are arranged such that, wherein a plurality of dividers are placed adjacent to each other in adjacent apertures, the heads come into contact with each other;
- and
- the head of the divider is arranged to come into contact with a head of an adjacent divider to transfer a force, when the flexible elongate throat of the divider is deflected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.