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Lockable latch for an apparatus having a combined latch actuation and carrier movement

  • US 6,719,122 B2
  • Filed: 07/10/2002
  • Issued: 04/13/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for transporting at least one workpiece comprising:

  • a trolley supporting a carrier for movement between a raised position and a lowered position relative to the trolley;

    a releasable latch for holding the carrier in the raised position with respect to the trolley when in an engaged position;

    means for locking the latch in the engaged position with a longitudinally reciprocal pin;

    an elongate guide member having opposite sides extending in a direction of carrier travel and operably associated with a lower portion of the carrier; and

    a stationary guide channel located at a workstation for engaging the opposite sides of the guide member when the carrier is being moved into the workstation and for guiding vertical movement of the carrier between the raised and lowered positions while at the workstation.

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