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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Jul. 25, 2008
Applicants:
Sebastian Guggenmos, Peissenberg, DE;
Michael Knee, Peissenberg, DE;
Inventors:
Sebastian Guggenmos, Peissenberg, DE;
Michael Knee, Peissenberg, DE;
Assignee:
3M Innovatives Properties Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device for handling workpieces. The device has a magazine () for holding at least one workpiece, and a delivery location (). The device is retainable in the magazine by a retainer (s) () in the delivery location and displaceable to a position in which the workpiece because of its shape releases the retainer (s) so that the workpiece is free for being removed from the magazine. The device may provide for easy handling of workpieces and may be manufactured cost effectively.