US Patent: 4,164,296
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Apparatus for Transferring and Rotating Articles
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Patentee:
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Carl I. Trees (exact or similar names) - Moscow, Clermont County, OH |
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Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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May 11, 1977 |
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Aug. 14, 1979 |
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Joel Havens "Vintage Machinery" entry for Lodge & Shipley Machine Tool Co.
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Description: |
Abstract:
Apparatus for transferring articles from the first station to a second station wherein the articles are rotated through 90.degree. as they are transferred. The apparatus includes plural lifting heads, each lifting head having two plates carrying depending gripping devices for grasping a pattern of articles and transferring them from the first station to the second station. During the transfer, the plates are spread apart to split the pattern in half and the plates are rotated through an angle of 90 degree. before the articles are deposited at the second station.
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