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US 12,747,115 B2Granted
Apparatus for transporting objects
AssigneeI.M.A. Industria Macchine Automatiche S.P.A.
InventorMattia Chianura
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Abstract
A transport apparatus for transporting objects includes a reference surface, at least one transport member for supporting and transporting the objects with respect to the reference surface, magnetic members and electric energizing members configured to interact with the magnetic members and consequently cause the selective displacement of the transport member. The apparatus includes a safety appendage configured to prevent damage to the at least one transport member.
Claims13
Transport apparatus for transporting one or more objects, comprising:
- a support wall having at least one reference surface perpendicular to, or inclined at a predetermined angle, with respect to, a horizontal plane;
- at least one transport member configured to support and transport said one or more objects and to move without contact with respect to said reference surface while remaining at a first distance therefrom;
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- an electric energizer configured to selectively generate one or more magnetic fields associated with said reference surface,
- wherein said at least one transport member comprises:
- a magnetic element configured to interact with said electric energizer to cause selective displacement of said at least one transport member, and
- a safety appendage having a predetermined length and including a first end fixedly attached to a surface of said at least one transport member and a second end is configured to engage an upper part of said support wall or a fixed element upon a loss of electric power or loss of operative interaction between said electric energizer and said magnetic element,
- wherein said safety appendage includes at least one tether having said first end connected to said at least one transport member and said second end connected to said upper part of said support wall or to said fixed element, and
- wherein a length of said at least one tether is configured to prevent said at least one transport member from reaching said horizontal plane.
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Transport apparatus for transporting one or more objects, comprising:
- a support wall having at least one reference surface perpendicular to, or inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to, a horizontal plane;
- at least one transport member configured to support and transport said one or more objects and to move without contact with respect to said reference surface while remaining at a first distance therefrom;
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- an electric energizer configured to selectively generate one or more magnetic fields associated with said reference surface,
- wherein said at least one transport member comprises:
- a magnetic element configured to interact with said electric energizer to cause selective displacement of said at least one transport member;
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- a safety appendage having a predetermined length and including a first end fixedly attached to a surface of said at least one transport member and a second end configured to engage an upper part of said support wall or a fixed element upon a loss of electric power or loss of operative interaction between said electric energizer and said magnetic element, and wherein said at least one transport member comprises at least one front surface facing toward said reference surface, and a rear surface opposite said front surface, and wherein said safety appendage includes at least one rest element having said first end attached to said rear surface of said at least one transport member and configured to selectively rest against a base wall at said second end.
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Transport apparatus for transporting one or more objects, comprising:
- a support wall having at least one reference surface perpendicular to, or inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to, a horizontal plane;
- at least one transport member, configured to support and transport said one or more objects and to move without contact with respect to said reference surface while remaining at a first distance therefrom;
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- an electric energizer configured to selectively generate one or more magnetic fields associated with said reference surface,
- wherein said at least one transport member comprises a magnetic element configured to interact with said electric energizer to cause selective displacement of said at least one transport member, and
- a recovery mechanism configured to be selectively activatable upon detection of an unwanted displacement of said at least one transport member away from said support wall and, upon activation, configured to return said at least one transport member to said support wall.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.