Patent ID: 7478597

Claim:
A multi-axis gantry comprising: first and second spaced apart tracks, the first and second tracks extending in generally parallel relation to one another and a first axis; a third track extending along a second axis different than the first axis; a first carriage and a roller guide attached proximate opposite ends of the third track, the first carriage and the roller guide movable along the first and second tracks, respectively for movement along the first axis; a second carriage attached to the third track for movement about the third track along the second axis; a first drive motor operably connected to the first carriage and the roller guide to simultaneously drive the first carriage and the roller guide in coordinated movement parallel to the first axis by a first drive loop operably interconnecting the first carriage, the roller guide and the first drive motor; and a second drive motor operably coupled to the second carriage by a second drive loop to operably drive the second carriage generally along the second axis, the second drive motor being mounted for coordinated movement relative to the first and second tracks along the first axis with the first carriage and roller guide when the first drive motor drives the first carriage and the roller guide in coordiniated movement parallel to the first axis.