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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 08, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2013
John E. Taggart, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David E. Carson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
John E. Taggart, Fort Collins, CO (US);
David E. Carson, Fort Collins, CO (US);
CBW Automation, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);
Abstract
A telescoping article retrieval system for rapidly removing articles from a plastic molding machine or other manufacturing process in a way that significantly reduces the cycle time, while consistently maintaining vacuum control of the articles being handled. Two light weight double telescoping tubes are driven by a dual carriage assembly in which power is conveyed to one carriage by means of a servo, belt drive or other mechanism, allowing it to extend and retract. A second belt drive encompasses a first carriage and ties a second carriage to a fixed main beam such that linear movement of the first carriage of the dual carriage assembly a certain distance causes linear movement of the second carriage of the dual carriage assembly and also causes linear movement of the double telescoping tubes a distance equal to twice the distance that the first carriage has moved.