Contactless locking of ratchet columns
AssigneeMTS Maschinenbau GmbH
InventorEckhard Laible
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Abstract
In an automatically operable rack for storing workpieces in ratchet columns with side walls (1.1, 1.2), between which movable ratchets (5) are arranged which serve to hold the workpieces, wherein the ratchets (5) can be brought from a rest position into a working position in which they hold the workpiece, and a locking/unlocking unit is assigned to the last ratchet (5.2), the locking being affected by a rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) into its working position, the rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) entrains a bolt (9) which is received by a recess (12, 49) when the working position is reached.
Claims25
Rack for storing workpieces in ratchet columns with side walls (1.1, 1.2), between which movable ratchets (5) are arranged which serve to hold the workpieces, wherein the ratchets (5) can be brought from a rest position into a working position in which they hold the workpiece, and a locking/unlocking unit is assigned to the last ratchet (5.2), wherein the locking is affected by a rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) into its working position,
- characterized in that
- the rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) entrains a bolt (9) which is received by a recess (12, 49) when the working position is reached,
- the bolt (9) is overlapped by a recess (49) of a latch (37) when reaching the working position, and
- the latch (37) rotates about an axis of rotation (38) against the force of a force accumulator (39), and
- the force accumulator (39) is connected to the latch (37) at one end of the axis of rotation (38), while the latch (37) has a connection to a lever strip (43) at the other end of the axis of rotation (38).
Rack for storing workpieces in ratchet columns with side walls (1.1, 1.2), between which movable ratchets (5) are arranged which serve to hold the workpieces, wherein the ratchets (5) can be brought from a rest position into a working position in which they hold the workpiece, and a locking/unlocking unit is assigned to the last ratchet (5.2), wherein the locking is affected by a rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) into its working position,
- characterized in that
- the rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) entrains a bolt (9) which is received by a recess (12, 49) when the working position is reached, and characterized in that the bolt (9) is guided in a slotted link (11) in at least one of the sidewalls (1.1), which is adjoined by the recess (12) extending approximately vertical to the slotted link (11) for receiving the bolt (9), and wherein the recess (12) is a bag-shaped recess (12).
Rack for storing workpieces in ratchet columns with side walls (1.1, 1.2), between which movable ratchets (5) are arranged which serve to hold the workpieces, wherein the ratchets (5) can be brought from a rest position into a working position in which they hold the workpiece, and a locking/unlocking unit is assigned to the last ratchet (5.2), wherein the locking is affected by a rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) into its working position, characterized in that
- the rotary movement of the last ratchet (5.2) entrains a bolt (9) which is received by a recess (12, 49) when the working position is reached, and characterized in that the unlocking unit is magnetically operable.
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