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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 23, 2011
Applicants:
Gordon C. Ford, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Raghu Murthy, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Inventors:
Gordon C. Ford, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Raghu Murthy, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Assignee:
Leco Corporation, St. Joseph, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A crucible handling shuttle includes a pair of opposed dual crucible-gripping arms mounted on a rotatable head. The shuttle is removably plugged into a sliding block of a carriage to move between a furnace and a crucible loading station. The carriage includes mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic plugs or sockets which couple to mating sockets or plugs of the shuttle. A linear actuator extends between the carriage and the furnace base to raise and lower the carriage and shuttle coupled thereto.