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US 12,703,581 B2Granted
Compact non-pneumatic justification system
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsJames Murray, Nathanael Arling Worden, Rachel Soukup, Samuel Gardner Garrett, Adam Clark
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Abstract
A system includes a housing, a pivotable arm pivotably attached to the housing; a driver coupled to the pivotable arm, a biasing element coupled between the housing and the pivotable arm; a cam rotatably coupled with the driver; a cam follower associated with the cam; and a pusher coupled to the cam follower such that the pusher is configured to translate when the cam is rotated by the driver.
Claims20
A justification system comprising:
- a housing,
- a pivotable arm pivotably attached to the housing;
- a driver coupled to the pivotable arm,
- a biasing element coupled between the housing and the pivotable arm, wherein the biasing element comprises a first spring on a first side of the driver and a second spring on a second side of the driver;
- a cam rotatably coupled with the driver;
- a cam follower associated with the cam;
- and
- a pusher coupled to the cam follower such that the pusher is configured to translate when the cam is rotated by the driver.
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A system comprising:
- a conveyor system including a frame and a moving element, the moving element configured to move along a first longitudinal axis and convey an object arranged thereon;
- and
- a justification system secured to the frame, the justification system comprising:
- a driver pivotably coupled to the frame;
- a cam rotatably coupled with the driver, wherein the cam is oriented in a plane parallel to a plane of the moving element;
- a cam follower associated with the cam;
- and
- a pusher coupled to the cam follower,
- wherein the pusher is configured to move transverse to the first longitudinal axis.
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A method for justifying an object, the method comprising:
- moving the object by a moving element of a conveyor system along a first direction;
- and
- actuating a driver of a justification system, the driver oriented along a second direction, the driver causing a cam to rotate in a plane parallel to a plane of the moving element and the cam causing a pusher of the justification system to move in a plane parallel to the plane of the moving element to push the object about the moving element along a third direction to a predetermined position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.