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Dynamo-electric machine component conveying systems and load/unload devices

  • US 5,829,572 A
  • Filed: 02/25/1997
  • Issued: 11/03/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A load/unload device for transferring dynamo-electric machine components having a magnetic core between a selected one of a series of processing machines in a parallel processing production line and a conveyor for transporting said components along said series of processing machines, said load/unload device comprising:

  • a base platform having a major plane, a central axis substantially perpendicular to and centrally located within said major plane, and an alignment area at which components are loaded and unloaded onto and from said load/unload device;

    first and second means for holding a component movably mounted on said base platform, each said holding means having a first end for gripping a component;

    means for moving said first and second holding means relative to said base platform to alternately position said first and second holding means at said alignment area on said base platform while maintaining said alignment area aligned with one of said conveyor line and a selected one of said series of processing machines; and

    means for moving said base platform to alternately position said alignment area adjacent one of said conveyor line and said selected one of said series of processing machines, while maintaining said central axis at a fixed location during movement of said base platform.

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