Patent ID: 7380648
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: B62D,B65G

Abstract:
1. An anti-backlash mechanism for use in an assembly line including a conveyor transporting a series of pucks, the anti-backlash mechanism comprising: a finger held in contact against a surface of the series of pucks, the finger moveable between a first and second position bias to the first position, the finger in the first position being engageable with anti-backlash mechanism receiving features on the surface of the series of pucks, the finger in the first position blocking the backwards movement of an adjacent preceding puck of the series of pucks, the finger in the second position disengaged with the anti-backlash mechanism receiving features yet remaining in contact with the surface of the series of pucks, and the finger in the second position sliding along the surface of the series of pucks as the series of pucks are transported by the conveyor.