Apparatus for transferring tube and automated production system including apparatus for transferring tube
AssigneeSeegene, Inc.
InventorsYoo Jun HAN, Deog Pill CHO, Won Seok JEONG, Hyun Jin LIM
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Abstract
An apparatus for transferring a tube includes a first conveyor where a tube is transferred, a second conveyor located at a lower level than the first conveyor, and a sliding structure including a guiding body positioned between the first conveyor and the second conveyor and guiding the tube provided in the first conveyor so that the tube is slid down and a controller configured to control so that the tube that is slid down is selectively provided to the second conveyor.
Claims21
An apparatus for transferring a tube, the apparatus comprising:
- a first conveyor where a tube is transferred;
- a second conveyor located at a lower level than the first conveyor;
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- a sliding structure including:
- a guiding body positioned between the first conveyor and the second conveyor, the guiding body guiding the tube provided in the first conveyor so that the tube is slid down;
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- a controller configured to control so that the tube that is slid down is selectively provided to the second conveyor.
20-21. (canceled)
An apparatus for transferring a tube, the apparatus comprising:
- a first conveyor where a tube is transferred;
- a second conveyor located at a lower level than the first conveyor;
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- a sliding structure including:
- a guiding body positioned between the first conveyor and the second conveyor, the guiding body guiding the tube provided in the first conveyor so that the tube is slid down;
- a first stopper disposed adjacent to a first position of the guiding body, the first stopper being configured to operate in (i) a closed state that supports the tube placed at the first position of the guiding body and (ii) an open state that does not support the tube placed at the first position of the guiding body based on a first signal;
- a first sub-stopper positioned adjacent to the first stopper, the first sub-stopper operating in the same manner as the first stopper;
- a second stopper disposed adjacent to a second position of the guiding body, the second stopper being configured to operate in (i) a closed state that supports the tube placed at the second position of the guiding body and (ii) an open state that does not support the tube placed at the second position of the guiding body based on a second signal;
- a second sub-stopper positioned adjacent to the second stopper, the second sub-stopper operating in the same manner as the second stopper;
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- a controller configured to control so that the tube that is slid down is selectively provided to the second conveyor based on the first and second signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.