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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 1991
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1989
Mark E Wanger, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Jennifer L Methlie, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Leslie G Christie, Greeley, CO (US);
Daniel R Dauner, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Douglas R Domel, Carlsbad, CA (US);
David P Jones, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Thomas C Oliver, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Donald J Stavely, Fort Collins, CO (US);
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A cartridge handling system comprising: a cartridge engaging assembly for engaging an exposed end portion of a cartridge positioned in an aligned holding unit; a longitudinal displacement assembly for longitudinally displacing a cartridge engaged by the engaging assembly; a flipping assembly for invertingly rotating a cartridge engaged by the engaging assembly about a longitudinally extending flip axis; a lateral displacement assembly for laterally displacing a cartridge engaged by the engaging assembly; and a unitary, rotatable drive motor drivingly linked to the longitudinal displacement assembly, the flipping assembly, and the lateral displacement assembly for providing driving force thereto. The cartridge handling system is constructed and arranged such that neither sensors nor motors need be mounted on any moving system components.