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US 2015/0148946 A1Published application
Electromechanical Latch and Ejector
AssigneeAdvantage Pharmacy Services LLC
InventorsJohn Todd Barrett, Fred P. Schoville
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Abstract
An electromechanical latch and ejector to selectively unlatch and eject an object.
Claims21
An apparatus, comprising:
- a drawer;
- and
- an electromechanical latch and ejector to selectively unlatch and eject the drawer and including:
- a latch including a latch arm to latch to the drawer in a latched position,
- an ejector including an ejector arm to eject the drawer in an unlatched position, and
- an electrical actuator coupled to the latch and the ejector and operable to rotate the latch and the ejector to unlatch and eject the drawer.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a backplane having a backplane aperture therethrough;
- a drawer disposed on one side of the backplane and including a rear wall having a drawer aperture therethrough;
- and
- an electromechanical latch and ejector disposed on another side of the backplane to selectively couple the drawer to the backplane and selectively eject the drawer away from the backplane and including:
- a latch member extending through the backplane aperture and into the drawer aperture when the latch member latches the drawer to the backplane, and
- an ejector member rotatable through the backplane aperture and against the rear wall of the drawer when the ejector member ejects the drawer away from the backplane.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.