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US 9,200,340 B2Granted
Pusher
AssigneeJp Steel Plantech Co.
InventorYasuhiro Sato
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Abstract
A pusher includes a pusher main body configured to push forward a target object; a pusher main body cylinder connected to the pusher main body and configured to move the pusher main body forward and backward; a pusher carriage connected to the pusher main body cylinder; and a pusher carriage cylinder connected to the pusher carriage and configured to move the pusher carriage forward and backward, the pusher carriage cylinder having a pushing-out direction opposite to a pushing-out direction of the pusher main body cylinder.
Claims9
A pusher comprising:
- a pusher main body configured to push forward a target object;
- a pusher main body cylinder connected to the pusher main body and configured to move the pusher main body forward and backward;
- a pusher carriage connected to the pusher main body cylinder and disposed underneath the pusher main body;
- a pusher carriage cylinder connected to the pusher carriage and configured to move the pusher carriage forward and backward and thereby translate the pusher main body, the pusher carriage cylinder having a pushing-out direction opposite to a pushing-out direction of the pusher main body cylinder so that the pusher main body is moved forward when the pusher main body cylinder is driven in the pushing-out direction and the pusher main body is moved backward when the pusher carriage cylinder is driven in the pushing-out direction;
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- an upper guide portion and a lower guide portion both attached to the pusher main body,
- wherein the pusher carriage moves forward and backward in between the upper guide portion and the lower guide portion.
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