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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 1982
Filed:
May. 27, 1980
Applicant:
Inventor:
William P Cathers, Allison Park, PA (US);
Assignee:
PPG Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414752 ; 4147 / ; 414786 ; 294 / ; 198689 ;
Abstract
A vacuum lifting device having a plurality of chambers, each chamber having an isolating member within to control communication between a common vacuum plenum and a sheet engaging surface. Each isolating member is controllable independent of the presence of an article adjacent the sheet engaging surface to allow for lifting selected ones of a plurality of articles. Those chambers which overlie at least a portion of a selected article and which overlie no portion of an unselected article are activated, or, alternatively, those chambers which overlie a single selected article completely within the peripheral boundaries thereof are activated.