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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 02, 1984
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Thomas A Powell, Rockford, IL (US);
Kenneth O Kolnes, Rockford, IL (US);
Assignee:
Ex-Cell-O Corporation, Troy, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
198742 ; 198741 ; 414749 ;
Abstract
A drive mechanism for an automatic transfer machine has a mechanical transfer drive including a motor driven gear box with an output shaft connected to a single, rotatable drive arm with cam follower means thereon selectively engageable with one or the other of a pair of spaced cam slots on a transfer buggy to define a linear geneva index for producing a harmonic motion, two stroke, transfer of the transfer buggy so as to produce improved start-stop-start-stop sequences of movement of pallets in a linear geneva operated transfer system.