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US 12,715,698 B2Granted
Transfer table
AssigneeExotec Product France
InventorsBastien Cagnac, Léa Niboulies, Franck Khier
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Abstract
A transfer table including a first conveyor assembly defining a first plane for conveying articles; a second conveyor assembly defining a second plane for conveying articles; and a raising-lowering mechanism for the first and/or second assemblies, the raising-lowering mechanism including a cam having a track and a pair of rollers respective to the conveyor assemblies and engaging with the track, and the cam is mobile by a pivoting motion between: a first position, in which the first plane is arranged above the second plane; and a second position, in which the second plane is arranged above the first plane.
Claims15
A transfer table comprising:
- a first assembly comprising a first chassis bearing a plurality of first conveyor elements spaced from one another and defining a first plane for conveying articles;
- a second assembly comprising a second chassis bearing a plurality of second conveyor elements spaced from one another and defining a second plane for conveying articles;
- and
- a raising-lowering mechanism for raising and lowering at least one of:
- the first assembly;
- and the second assembly, the raising-lowering mechanism comprising:
- a first cam having a cam track;
- and
- a first pair of cam followers engaging with the cam track of the first cam, wherein a first cam follower of the first pair of cam followers is borne by the first chassis and a second cam follower of the first pair of cam followers is borne by the second chassis, and wherein the first cam is mobile by pivoting between:
- a first position, in which the first plane is arranged above the second plane;
- and
- a second position, in which the second plane is arranged above the first plane,
- wherein the raising-lowering mechanism comprises a second cam and a second pair of cam followers, wherein a first cam follower of the second pair of cam followers is borne by the first chassis and a second cam follower of the second pair of cam followers is borne by the second chassis,
- wherein the transfer table comprises a third cam and a fourth cam, as well as a third pair of cam followers and a fourth pair of cam followers, wherein the third and fourth cams and the third and fourth pairs of cam followers are arranged symmetrically to the first and second cams and first and second pairs of cam followers, relative to a median plane of the transfer table.
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A method for transferring articles, the method comprising:
- providing a transfer table comprising:
- a first assembly comprising a first chassis bearing a plurality of first conveyor elements spaced from one another and defining a first plane for conveying articles;
- a second assembly comprising a second chassis bearing a plurality of second conveyor elements spaced from one another and defining a second plane for conveying articles;
- and
- a raising-lowering mechanism for raising and lowering at least one of:
- the first assembly;
- and the second assembly, the raising-lowering mechanism comprising:
- a first cam having a cam track;
- and
- a first pair of cam followers engaging with the cam track of the first cam, wherein a first cam follower of the first pair of cam followers is borne by the first chassis and a second cam follower of the first pair of cam followers is borne by the second chassis, and wherein the first cam is mobile by pivoting between:
- a first position, in which the first plane is arranged above the second plane;
- and
- a second position, in which the second plane is arranged above the first plane,
- wherein the raising-lowering mechanism comprises a second cam and a second pair of cam followers, wherein a first cam follower of the second pair of cam followers is borne by the first chassis and a second cam follower of the second pair of cam followers is borne by the second chassis,
- wherein the transfer table further comprises a third cam and a fourth cam, as well as a third pair of cam followers and a fourth pair of cam followers, wherein the third and fourth cams and the third and fourth pairs of cam followers are arranged symmetrically to the first and second cams and first and second pairs of cam followers, relative to a median plane of the transfer table;
- conveying an article by the first assembly;
- pivoting the first cam from the first position to the second position;
- and then
- conveying the article by the second assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.