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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 14, 2022
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2017
Tonejet Limited, Royston, GB;
John Lawton Sharp, Cambridge, GB;
Ian Philip Butler Ingham, Cambridge, GB;
Jeffrey Mark Woods, Cambridge, GB;
Simon John Edwards, Cambridge, GB;
Andrew John Clippingdale, Cambridge, GB;
Jonathan James Michael Halls, Cambridge, GB;
Tonejet Limited, Royston, GB;
Abstract
The present disclosure provides an apparatus for handling objects. The apparatus comprises a carrying device () that is configured to move along a track (). A handling device () is adapted to hold an object () and is mounted to the carrying device () such that it is rotatable with respect to the carrying device about a handling axis (). A drive device () is disposed at a position along the track () and configured to produce a torque around a drive axis. The carrying device () can be moved along the track () in a direction perpendicular to the drive axis into and out of a drive position. In the drive position, the handling axis () of the handling device () is in substantial alignment with the drive axis of the drive device () whereupon the drive device induces a torque in the handling device () causing the handling device to rotate, thereby causing the object () held by the handling device to rotate.