Device and method for handling elements
AssigneeOpen Mind Ventures, S.L.U.
InventorsJosep M. Carrer Vives, Bernat Balsells Vives, Antoni Guimera Pedrola, Santiago Lucas Serra, Antoni Balsells Mercade
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Abstract
A device for handling elements comprises a shank provided with a stop; a rod which is longitudinally movable and rotatable with respect to the shank, comprising a flap at one end thereof, so as to define a clamp between the stop and the flap for gripping an element. A method comprises placing elements separated by at least one slit on a surface; inserting a tip of a shank provided with a flap inside the slit; placing a stop in contact with an upper part of the element; rotating the shank, holding the element on the upper part by the stop and on a lower part by the flap; and separating the element.
Claims11
Device for handling elements, the elements being separated by at least one slit or gap, characterized in that it comprises:
- a hollow outer shank having a lower end provided with a stop extending outward therefrom perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the hollow outer shank;
- an interior of the hollow outer shank at least partially housing a rod which is longitudinally movable and rotatable with respect to the hollow outer shank, the lower end of the shank further comprising a mouth through which protrudes a lower end of the rod housed inside the hollow outer shank, the rod comprising a flap at one end, which is substantially perpendicular with respect to the longitudinal axis of the rod, so that a clamp is defined between the stop and the flap for holding an element.
Method for handling elements, characterized in that it comprises the following steps:
- placing elements separated by at least one slit or gap on a surface;
- inserting one end of a rod provided with a flap inside the slit or gap;
- placing a stop in contact with an upper part of said element;
- rotating the rod so that the flap is below a lower part of the element, holding the element on its upper part by means of the stop and on its lower part by means of the flap proximate one side of the rod;
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- separating the element held by the stop and the flap from the surface from another element on the surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.