| US 7,588,640 B2 | ||
| Workpiece carrier device | ||
| Stefan Esser, Aachen (Germany) | ||
| Assigned to Oerlikon Trading AG, Trubbach, Schweiz (Switzerland) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 27, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/494,669. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10 2005 041 016 (DE), filed on Aug. 29, 2005; and application No. 0122/06 (CH), filed on Jan. 25, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0057138 A1, Mar. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. B05C 13/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 118—500 [118/730; 269/55; 269/57; 269/66; 269/900] | 21 Claims |
| 1. A workpiece carrier device comprising:
at least one workpiece carrier which comprises a rotary frame, mounted on a base frame so as to be rotatable about a drive
axis;
an eccentric driving part which is rotatable about the drive axis in relation to the rotary frame and having an eccentric
position with respect to an output point;
a plurality of workpiece holders which are at a distance from the drive axis and are mounted on the rotary frame so as to
be rotatable about holder axes that are parallel to said drive axis; and
at least one rigid transmission part, for rotating each workpiece holder both about its holder axis and in relation to the
rotary frame, wherein the output point of said eccentric driving part engages rotatably with said rigid transmission part
and said rigid transmission part likewise engages rotatably with a drive point having a correspondingly eccentric position
to the holder axis of each respective workpiece holder.
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