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US 9,527,178 B2Granted
Apparatus for inverting large panels
AssigneeThermwood Corporation
InventorKenneth J. Susnjara
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Abstract
An apparatus for inverting a panel including a base assembly, an elongated support assembly mounted on the base assembly, a carriage assembly mounted on the support assembly displaceable along the length thereof, means for displacing the carriage assembly along the length of the support assembly, an elongated beam assembly provided with means for detachably securing a panel, pivotally connected to the carriage assembly and means for pivoting the beam assembly relative to the support assembly.
Claims20
An apparatus for inverting a panel, comprising:
- a support assembly including a lead screw disposed along a length of the support assembly;
- a carriage assembly slidably mounted on the support assembly and displaceable linearly along the lead screw;
- a beam assembly pivotably coupled to the carriage assembly;
- a first actuator configured to simultaneously (i) move the carriage assembly along the lead screw of the support assembly and (ii) rotate the beam assembly around a longitudinal axis of a shaft journaled in the carriage assembly, wherein the shaft is secured to an end of the beam assembly, and wherein the shaft is positioned orthogonally to the lead screw;
- a first gripping member and a second gripping member operably coupled to the beam assembly;
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- a second actuator coupled to the first gripping member and configured to move the first gripping member towards the second gripping member,
- wherein the support assembly and the beam assembly are of substantially equal lengths.
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An apparatus for inverting a panel, comprising:
- a support assembly including a lead screw disposed along a length of the support assembly;
- a carriage assembly slidably mounted on the support assembly and displaceable linearly along the lead screw;
- a beam assembly pivotably coupled to the carriage assembly;
- a first actuator configured to simultaneously (i) move the carriage assembly along the lead screw of the support assembly and (ii) rotate the beam assembly around a longitudinal axis of a shaft journaled in the carriage assembly, wherein the shaft is secured to an end of the beam assembly, and wherein the shaft is positioned orthogonally to the lead screw;
- a first gripping member and a second gripping member operably coupled to the beam assembly;
- and
- a second actuator coupled to the first gripping member and configured to move the first gripping member towards the second gripping member,
- wherein the support assembly further comprises a rack disposed along a length of the support assembly, and wherein the lead screw is disposed parallel to the rack, and
- wherein the carriage assembly includes a first gear configured to engage with the rack of the support assembly as the carriage assembly moves along the length of the rack.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.