Systems and methods for rotating products during processing
AssigneeGeorgia Tech Research Corporation
InventorsComas Haynes, Aklilu G. Giorges, Saikamal Srinivas, Sean L. Thomas
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Abstract
An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a system for rotating a product during processing comprising a shackle system comprising a trolley, a rotator, and a rotating shackle and a track wherein the trolley is coupled to the track and configured to undergo translational motion along the track causing the shackle system to move along the track and wherein and the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle.
Claims27
A system comprising:
- a shackle system comprising:
- a rotator;
- and
- a rotating shackle;
- and
- a track;
- wherein:
- the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle;
- and
- the rotation of the rotating shackle is caused, at least in part, by a motor configured to induce the rotational kinematics on the rotator.
A system comprising:
- a shackle system comprising:
- a rotator comprising a rotator peg;
- and
- a rotating shackle;
- and
- a track comprising a track peg;
- wherein the rotator peg interfaces with the track peg causing the rotator to undergo rotational kinematics as the shackle system moves along the track causing rotation of the rotating shackle.
A method for processing a product with a system comprising a shackle system coupled to a track, the shackle system comprising a rotator, a rotating shackle, and a stabilizing rod, wherein the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle, the method comprising:
- extending, through a cavity of the product, the stabilizing rod of the shackle system to attach the product to the shackle system;
- moving the product, with the shackle system, along the track;
- rotating the product with the shackle system;
- and
- retracting, through the cavity of the product, the stabilizing rod.
A method for processing a product with a system comprising a shackle system coupled to a track, the shackle system comprising a rotator, a rotating shackle, and an external entrapment, wherein the rotator is configured to undergo rotational kinematics causing rotation of the rotating shackle, the method comprising:
- extending, around at least a portion of an exterior of the product, the external entrapment of the shackle system;
- moving the product, with the shackle system, along the track;
- rotating the product with the shackle system;
- and
- retracting the external entrapment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.