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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2018
Filed:
Oct. 13, 2016
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield, OH (US);
Paul J. Grosskreuz, West Bend, WI (US);
Ilya Gurevich, Milwaukee, WI (US);
John C. Lamouree, East Patchogue, NY (US);
Juan A. Fernandez, Brown Deer, WI (US);
Jeffrey W. Dujmovic, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Rockwell Automation Technologies, Inc., Mayfield Heights, OH (US);
Abstract
A mover system that provides spatially separated rails of the track interacting with pairs of closely spaced opposed wheels of the mover constraining movement of the mover on the track is provided. Each pair of wheels includes standard cylindrical or crowned wheels contacting the opposed parallel sides of standard rectangular rails, retaining the movers on the track in both horizontal and vertical directions normal to a transport direction along the track. The wheels bear loads in a radial direction with respect to axial motion consistent with its naturally positioned strength.