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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 1986
Filed:
Dec. 07, 1981
Applicant:
Inventor:
Charles E Jacoby, Bethlehem, PA (US);
Assignee:
SI Handling Systems, Inc., Easton, PA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B61J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
104 37 ; 104 35 ; 104 46 ; 104166 ; 198369 ;
Abstract
A turntable for driverless vehicles rides on a horizontally disposed circular rail and is pivotable about a vertical axis through an arc of 90.degree.. A vertical shaft is connected at its upper end to the table by way of a universal coupling. A motor is connected to the shaft to pivot the shaft. The turntable is particularly adapted for use at a T junction of a system having a closed loop.