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US 8,695,791 B2Granted
Carrier puck
AssigneeFlexLink Components AB
InventorMichael Öhman
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Abstract
Various embodiments include a carrier puck for a conveyer system, the carrier puck comprising a circular lower body, and an upper body attached to the circular lower body, and where the puck further comprises a slide ring arranged in a ring groove positioned above a lower contact surface of the lower body.
Claims7
A carrier puck for a conveyer system, the carrier puck comprising:
- a circular lower body, the circular lower body including a ring groove positioned above a lower contact surface of the circular lower body;
- an upper body attached to the circular lower body;
- and;
- a slide ring, the slide ring arranged in the ring groove and wherein the slide ring is operable to rotate within the ring groove relative to the circular lower body;
- wherein a largest diameter of the circular lower body is larger than an outer diameter of the slide ring, and
- wherein the lower contact surface of the carrier puck is adapted to bear on another puck or against another surface when the carrier puck is used in the conveyor system, and wherein the slide ring is adapted to cooperate with a handling unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.