Patents Assigned to Diamond Automations, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4411574
    Abstract: An apparatus for transferring articles, such as eggs, from one station to another. The eggs are arranged in a predetermined configuration at the first or transfer station, and deposited at a second station in a different array or configuration. The transfer head, which contains egg engaging and lifting members in the form of vacuum cups, includes a first and second carrier section, each of which retains one-half of the array or egg engaging positions. The carrier sections are interconnected by linkage members which, when rotated, change the array configuration from a first position to a second position without the need for rotating the entire transfer head and the articles being carried.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 25, 1983
    Assignee: Diamond Automations, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas E. Riley