Grounded belt and movable drawer apparatus
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsRoss T. Fredericksen, Don A. Gilliland, Dennis J. Wurth
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Abstract
A grounded belt and drawer apparatus including a drawer, mounted on a first track, a tensioner body having a first pulley, a supporting member, and a first belt. The drawer moveable on a first line in a first direction and a second direction. The tensioner body mounted on a second track and moveable in the first direction and the second direction. The first belt having a first end and a second end, rounded over the first pulley, and a first segment and second segment extending distally from the first pulley in the first direction. The first belt conductively connected to the drawer and to a first fixed point which forms a conductive path from the drawer to the first fixed point.
Claims20
A grounded belt and drawer apparatus comprising:
- a drawer, mounted on a first track, the drawer moveable on a first line in a first direction and a second direction, the first and second directions being opposite;
- a tensioner body having a first pulley, the tensioner body mounted on a second track, the tensioner body moveable on a second line in the first direction and the second direction and parallel to the first line;
- a first belt constructed from flexible conductive material and having a first end and a second end, the first belt rounding over the first pulley and having a first segment and a second segment extending distally from the first pulley in the first direction, the first end conductively connected to the drawer and the second end conductively connected to a first fixed point;
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- a supporting member, attached to the tensioner body and to the drawer, the supporting member applying force on the tensioner body in the second direction as the drawer operably moves in the second direction;
- wherein the first belt forms a conductive path from the drawer to the first fixed point.
A grounded belt and drawer apparatus comprising:
- a drawer, mounted on a first track, the drawer moveable on a first line in a first direction and a second direction, the first and second directions being opposite;
- a tensioner body having a first pulley and a second pulley, the tensioner body mounted on a second track, the tensioner body moveable in the first direction and the second direction and parallel to the first line;
- a first belt constructed from flexible conductive material and having a first end and a second end, the first belt rounding over the first pulley and having a first segment and a second segment extending distally from the first pulley in the first direction, the first end conductively connected to the drawer and the second end conductively connected to a first fixed point;
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- a second belt constructed from flexible conductive material and having a first end and a second end, the second belt rounding over the second pulley and having a first segment and a second segment extending distally from the second pulley in the second direction, the first end conductively connected to the drawer and the second end conductively connected to a second fixed point;
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- wherein the first belt forms a conductive pathway from the drawer to the first fixed point and the second belt forms a conductive pathway from the drawer to the second fixed point.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.