Patent ID: 11952171
Assignee: ZHIQUN LAM
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 15:
16. An object transport system comprising:
a plate having an array of apertures; and
a plurality of dividers, each of the dividers comprising
a flexible elongate throat connecting a head to a base,
wherein the base is arranged to be inserted into one of the apertures and the flexible elongate throat is arranged to deflect when a force, from an object, is exerted on the flexible elongate throat; and
wherein the flexible elongate throat has a tapered portion intermediate the head and the base, a taper extending along a length of the tapered portion, the divider being arranged to bend about the tapered portion,
wherein:
spacing of the apertures and heads are arranged such that, wherein a plurality of dividers are placed adjacent to each other in adjacent apertures, the heads come into contact with each other; and
the head of the divider is arranged to come into contact with a head of an adjacent divider to transfer a force, when the flexible elongate throat of the divider is deflected.