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US 4,540,084 AGranted
Device for automatically transferring printed circuit base plates from the loading to the printing zone
OwnerEzio Curtiinventor
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Abstract
An apparatus automatically transfers printed circuit base plates from a loading to a printing zone by using pliers elements for gripping the base plate arranged in the loading zone, removing it from the reference dowels and transferring it automatically to the printing zone where the base plate is automatically positioned on reference dowels. The plier elements return to their initial position for gripping a new base plate loaded in the meantime.
Claims15
An apparatus for automatically transferring printed circuit base plates from a loading zone to a printing zone, comprising:
- a horizontal support plane divided into a loading zone and a printing zone;
- guide means extending parallel to said plane;
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- plier gripper means, movably mounted on said guide means, for gripping a base plate and for moving the base plate horizontally across said plane and vertically relative to said plane, said gripper means including
- a first column support having a relatively fixed first griping element at an upper end thereof and a first sliding sleeve at a lower end thereof,
- a second column support having a relatively movable second gripping element at an upper end thereof and a second sliding sleeve at a lower end thereof, and
- a projecting arm with an inclined plane supported by a third sliding sleeve,
- said sliding sleeves being slidably coupled to said guide means.
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