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Armature pallet

  • US 5,926,941 A
  • Filed: 06/26/1997
  • Issued: 07/27/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/23/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
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1. A pallet for transporting an armature of a dynamoelectric machine along an armature manufacturing line, said armature having a shaft, said shaft having first and second shaft ends, said pallet comprising:

  • a base; and

    at least one pair of spaced apart supports on said base;

    wherein;

    said at least one pair of spaced apart supports has at least two sets of seats for receiving said first and second shaft ends, each of said sets including first and second seats;

    said first seat of each of said at least two sets of seats is on one member of said at least one pair of spaced apart supports, and said second seat of each of said at least two sets of seats is on another member of said at least one pair of spaced apart supports;

    said first and second seats of a first of said sets of seats are in a first seat configuration for accepting said armature when said armature is in a first armature configuration; and

    said first and second seats of another of said sets of seats are in another seat configuration for accepting said armature when said armature is in another armature configuration different from said first armature configuration;

    whereby;

    when said pallet transports an armature along said armature manufacturing line and said armature is altered, at a station of said manufacturing line, from one of said first and another armature configurations to another of said first and another armature configurations, said armature is placed in one of said first and another sets of seats according to said another of said first and another armature configurations.

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