Patent ID: 7204793
Filing Date: 2007-04-17
Classification: B30B,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A device for moving objects ( 4 ) to and from a table ( 2 ) of a press ( 1 ), said device ( 8 ) comprising a bag ( 10 ) located at the bottom ( 12 ) of an elongated slot ( 14 ) formed in an upper surface ( 16 ) of the table ( 2 ), a strip ( 18 ) located in the slot ( 14 ) on top of the bag ( 10 ), and an elongated bar ( 24 ) which is located in the slot ( 14 ) on top of the strip ( 18 ), the bar ( 24 ) being vertically movable, by means of inflating the bag ( 10 ), from a first position in which an upper surface ( 26 ) of the bar ( 24 ) is located below the upper surface ( 16 ) of the table ( 2 ) to a second position in which the upper surface ( 26 ) of the bar ( 24 ) is located above the upper surface ( 16 ) of the table ( 2 ) so as to lift at least one of the objects ( 4 ) located on the table ( 2 ), the bar ( 24 ) being adapted to slide horizontally in its longitudinal direction on top of the strip ( 18 ), characterized in the bar ( 24 ) being provided with gear teeth ( 28 ), the device ( 8 ) further comprising a gear wheel ( 32 ) engaging the gear teeth ( 28 ) of the bar ( 24 ), a motor ( 38 ) being adapted to rotate the gear wheel ( 32 ) to move the bar ( 24 ) in the horizontal direction along the slot ( 14 ) when the bar ( 24 ) is in its second position and thus to horizontally move the at least one of the objects ( 4 ) resting on the upper surface ( 26 ) of the bar ( 24 ).