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US 9,067,300 B2Granted
Workpiece carrier
AssigneeOerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Trubbach
InventorThom Wilfred
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AssigneeOerlikon Surface Solutions AG, Trubbach
InventorThom Wilfred
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A workpiece carrier comprises a base with an upper part rotatable about a vertical axis and a lower part connected to the upper part at a distance by bolts. Workpiece holders each comprise a sleeve of elastically deformable material like rubber surrounding a duct where the shaft of a workpiece can be inserted, the sleeve being accommodated in a recess on the base. The vertical position of the sleeve which extends through holes in the upper part and lower part of the base, respectively, is fixed by a stop formed between a recessed rim surrounding the hole in the lower part and a downward-facing projecting rim of the sleeve. The shaft can be fixed by swivelling a lever about one of the bolts into an active position where a compressing surface of the same compresses the sleeve such that the shaft is jammed and released by swivelling the lever back into an inactive position where the compressing surface is not in contact with the sleeve.
Workpiece carrier with a base and a plurality of workpiece holders, each for receiving a shaft (17) of a workpiece, distributed over the base, characterized in that of at least part of the workpiece holders each comprises a sleeve (9) for surrounding the shaft, the sleeve (9) consisting of an elastically deformable material and arranged in a recess (5) of the base and being changeable between a loading configuration where the shaft (17) can be introduced into the sleeve (9) or removed from the sleeve, and a gripping configuration where the sleeve is elastically compressed such that the sleeve jams the shaft (17) surrounded by the sleeve;
Workpiece carrier with a base and a plurality of workpiece holders distributed over the base, each workpiece holder shaped for receiving a shaft (17) of a workpiece;
Workpiece carrier with a base and a plurality of workpiece holders, each for receiving a shaft (17) of a workpiece, distributed over the base, characterized in that at least part of the workpiece holders each comprises a sleeve (9) for surrounding the shaft, the sleeve (9) consisting of an elastically deformable material and arranged in a recess (5) of the base and being changeable between a loading configuration where the shaft (17) can be introduced into the sleeve (9) or removed from the sleeve, and a gripping configuration where the sleeve is elastically compressed such that the sleeve jams the shaft (17) surrounded by the sleeve;
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