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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 16, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Thomas Purcell, Haverhill, MA (US);
Assignee:
Speedline Technologies, Inc., Haverhill, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05B / ; B65B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
118324 ; 1983451 ; 1983462 ;
Abstract
A conveyor system has a pair of elongated rails that support a pair of conveyors. A lifting mechanism is mounted to the rails for lifting the conveyor itself, or for lifting the circuit board at its edges near the conveyor. A stripping bar is provided in the rails for lifting stop tabs. The stripping bar and the lifting plates are moved by a cylinder that drives a camming plate along a direction of travel, while this motion is translated into motion transverse to the direction of travel.