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Device for the transport of carriers from and to a positioning device and selection device for use in such a device

  • US 5,085,553 A
  • Filed: 05/23/1990
  • Issued: 02/04/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/14/1987
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A device for the transport of carriers from and to a positioning device, including containers for said carriers which are grouped in a vertical direction in said containers, said containers being displaceable in a horizontal direction, a selection device capable of being coupled to said containers, a gripper mechanism being provided with said selection device said gripper mechanism being displaceable in the horizontal direction and capable of being coupled with carriers for displacement of such carriers in the horizontal direction, said gripper mechanism including transport means which functions to transport a predetermined carrier through a horizontal distance equal to a multiple of the length of said transport means by being coupled to one end of said predetermined carrier and undergoing a first rotation which moves said predetermined carrier substantially twice the length of said transport means, said transport means undergoing a second rotation which cancels said first rotation and being coupled to the other end of said predetermined carrier and undergoing a third rotation which moves said predetermined carrier substantially an additional two lengths of said transport means.

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