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US 8,607,961 B2Granted
Locating station
AssigneeFlexLink Components AB
InventorAnders Ek
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Abstract
Various embodiments include a locating device for holding a puck in a locating position in a conveyer system, comprising a base portion, a rail section, and a rotating disc rotatable supported in the base portion and having a puck recess, where the locating device comprises a locating position between the puck recess of the rotating disc and a positioning means in the rail section, and that the locating device comprises resilient means adapted to hold a puck in the locating position.
Claims18
An apparatus comprising:
- a locating device for holding a puck in a fixed and predefined locating position in a conveyer system, the locating device including,
- a base portion,
- a rail section including a positioning means in the rail, and
- a rotating disc rotatably supported in the base portion and having a puck recess, the puck recess operable to receive the puck while the rotating disc is in an idle position, and to rotate so that the puck recess brings the puck into the fixed and predefined locating position, and to hold the puck at the fixed and predefined locating position,
- wherein the locating device comprises resilient means adapted to push the puck towards the fixed and predefined locating position once the puck is brought to the fixed and predefined locating position.
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A conveyor system comprising:
- a conveyor beam;
- a locating device mounted to the conveyor beam, the locating device for holding a puck in a fixed and predefined locating position in the conveyer system, the locating device including
- a base portion,
- a rail section including a positioning means in the rail, and
- a rotating disc rotatably supported in the base portion and having a puck recess, the puck recess operable to receive the puck while the rotating disc is in an idle position, and to rotate so that the puck recess brings the puck into the fixed and predefined locating position, and to hold the puck at the fixed and predefined locating position,
- wherein the locating device comprises resilient means adapted to push the puck towards the fixed and predefined locating position once the puck is brought to the fixed and predefined locating position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.