Device for moving curved plate bent in a substantially arcuate-shape

Claim 1

A device for moving a curved plate of uniform curvature along a curved path comprising: (a) a base panel; (b) curved plate holding means for holding said curved plate disposed in substantially parallel relation and predetermined spaced relation with said base panel; (c) a rotary shaft rotatably mounted on said base panel; (d) a pivot shaft mounted on said base panel with the axis thereof inclined at a predetermined angle with the axis of said rotary shaft, said axis of the pivot shaft as extended making an acute angle with said curved plate holding means wherever the holding means is positioned along its traveling path; (e) arm means pivotably mounted at an intermediate portion thereof on said pivot shaft and having a distal end portion bent substantially parallel to said curved plate holding means; (f) rotation transmission means for transmitting the rotation of said rotary shaft to the end of said arm means opposite to said distal end thereby causing swinging movement of said arm means around said pivot shaft; (g) a guide pin fixed substantially upright on said bent end portion of the arm means; (h) arm bracket means secured to said curved plate holding means and having an elongated guide slot for receiving said guide pin on said arm means to permit only lateral sliding movement therethrough; and (i) curved plate guiding means for guiding the curved plate along a predetermined curved path defined thereby, whereby as said arm means rotates, said curved plate holding means is adapted to move substantially parallel to the curvature of the curved plate.

Claim 2

A device for moving a curved plate of uniform curvature along a curved path comprising: (a) a base panel; (b) curved plate holding means for holding said curved plate disposed in substantially parallel relation and predetermined spaced relation with said base panel; (c) a rotary shaft rotatably mounted on said base panel; (d) a pivot shaft mounted on said base panel with the axis thereof inclined at a predetermined angle with the axis of said rotary shaft, said axis of the pivot shaft as extended making an acute angle with said curved plate holding means wherever the holding means is positioned along its traveling path; (e) arm means pivotably mounted at an intermediate portion thereof on said pivot shaft and having a distal end portion bent substantially parallel to said curved plate holding means; (f) rotation transmission means for transmitting the rotation of said rotary shaft to the end of said arm means opposite to said distal end thereby causing swinging movement of said arm means around said pivot shaft; (g) a guide pin fixed substantially upright on said bent end portion of the arm means; (h) arm bracket means secured to said curved plate holding means and having an elongated guide slot for receiving said guide pin on said arm means to permit only lateral sliding movement therethrough; and (i) curved plate guiding means for guiding the curved plate along a predetermined curved path defined thereby, whereby as said arm means rotates, said curved plate holding means is adapted to move substantially parallel to the curvature of the curved plate.

Claim 8

A device for moving a curved plate of uniform curvature along a path comprising: (a) a base panel; (b) a curved plate holding frame for holding said curved plate disposed in substantially parallel relation and predetermined spaced relation with said base panel, said curved plate having a C-shaped cross section; (c) a rotary shaft rotatably mounted on said base panel substantially perpendicularly thereof and having a regulator handle secured at one end thereof and a pinion at the other end; (d) a pivot shaft mounted on said base panel with its axis inclined to form an acute angle with the axis of said rotary shaft, said axis of the pivot shaft also forming an acute angle with said curved plate holding frame wherever said curved plate holding frame is positioned along its traveling path; (e) a lift arm pivotably mounted at an intermediate portion thereof on said pivot shaft for rotation in a plane extending substantially at a right angle with the axis of said pivot shaft, said lift arm having one end portion substantially parallel to said base panel and the other end portion substantially parallel to said curved plate holding frame; (f) a plate-like driven gear secured at said one end bent portion of the lift arm and engaging said pinion of the rotary shaft for transmitting the rotation of the rotary shaft to the lift arm, said plate-like driven gear being in the form of a sector curved in a direction opposite to the curvature of said curved plate; (g) a guide pin fixed substantially upright on said bent end portion of the arm means; (h) a lift arm bracket secured to said curved plate holding frame substantially parallel thereto and having an elongated guide slot for receiving said guide pin fixed on the arm means to permit only lateral sliding movement therethrough; and (i) a pair of glass-runs disposed sidewise of the curved plate held by the curved plate holding frame which defines a predetermined curved path for the curved plate and conducts the movement of the curved plate along said curved path, said glass-runs comprising elastic members in sliding contact with the curved plate, whereby as said arm means rotates, said curved plate holding frame is adapted to move substantially parallel to the curvature of the curved plate.

Claim 9

A device for moving a curved plate of uniform curvature along a path comprising: (a) a base panel; (b) a curved plate holding frame for holding said curved plate disposed in substantially parallel relation and predetermined spaced relation with said base panel, said curved plate having a C-shaped cross section; (c) a rotary shaft rotatably mounted on said base panel substantially perpendicularly thereof and having a regulator handle secured at one end thereof and a pinion at the other end; (d) a pivot shaft mounted on said base panel with its axis inclined to form an acute angle with the axis of said rotary shaft, said axis of the pivot shaft also forming an acute angle with said curved plate holding frame wherever said curved plate holding frame is positioned along its traveling path; (e) a lift arm pivotably mounted at an intermediate portion thereof on said pivot shaft for rotation in a plane extending substantially at a right angle with the axis of said pivot shaft, said lift arm having one end portion substantially parallel to said base panel and the other end portion substantially parallel to said curved plate holding frame; (f) a plate-like driven gear secured at said one end bent portion of the lift arm and engaging said pinion of the rotary shaft for transmitting the rotation of the rotary shaft to the lift arm, said plate-like driven gear being in the form of a sector curved in a direction opposite to the curvature of said curved plate; (g) a guide pin fixed substantially upright on said bent end portion of the arm means; (h) a lift arm bracket secured to said curved plate holding frame substantially parallel thereto and having an elongated guide slot for receiving said guide pin fixed on the arm means to permit only lateral sliding movement therethrough; and (i) a pair of glass-runs disposed sidewise of the curved plate held by the curved plate holding frame which defines a predetermined curved path for the curved plate and conducts the movement of the curved plate along said curved path, said glass-runs comprising elastic members in sliding contact with the curved plate, whereby as said arm means rotates, said curved plate holding frame is adapted to move substantially parallel to the curvature of the curved plate.

Claim 10

A device for moving a curved plate of uniform curvature along a curved path comprising: (a) a base panel (b) a curved plate holding frame for holding said curved plate disposed in substantially parallel relation and predetermined spaced relation with said base panel, said curved plate having a C-shaped cross section; (c) a rotary shaft rotatably mounted on said base panel substantially perpendicularly thereof and having a regulator handle secured at one end thereof and a pinion secured at the other end; (d) a pivot shaft mounted on said base panel with the axis thereof being inclined to form an acute angle with the axis of said rotary shaft, said axis of the pivot shaft also forming an acute angle with said curved plate holding frame wherever said curved plate holding frame is positioned along its traveling path; (e) a lift arm pivotably mounted at an intermediate portion thereof on said pivot shaft for rotation in a plane extending substantially at a right angle with the axis of said pivot shaft, said lift arm having one end portion substantially parallel to said base panel and the other end portion substantially parallel to said curved plate holding frame; (f) a plate-like driven gear secured at said one end bent portion of the lift arm and engaging said pinion of the rotary shaft for transmitting the rotation of the rotary shaft to the lift arm, said plate-like driven gear being in the form of a sector curved in a direction opposite to the curvature of said curved plate; (g) a first guide pin fixed substantially upright on said bent end portion of the arm means; (h) a connecting shaft rotatable and extending perpendicularly through the lift arm at a point substantially intermedite between the pivot shaft and the bent end portion so as to be substantially parallel to the curved plate holding frame; (i) a first equalizer arm secured at one end of said connecting shaft facing the curved plate holding frame and having the extreme end portion substantially parallel to said base panel; (j) a second equalizer arm secured at one end of said connecting shaft facing the curved plate holding frame and having the extreme end portion substantially parallel to said base panel; (j) a second equalizer arm secured at the other end of said connecting shaft facing the base panel and extending in the direction opposite to and in alignment with the first equalizer arm, said second equalizer arm having the extreme end portion substantially parallel to said bent end portion of the lift arm; (k) a second guide pin secured at the bent end portion of said first equalizer arm and being substantially perpendicular thereto and toward the curved plate holding frame; (l) a third guide pin secured at the bent end portion of said second equalizer arm and being substantially perpendicular thereto and toward the base panel; (m) an equalizer arm bracket secured at said base panel and having an elongted guide slot substantially parallel to the end portion of said first equalizer arm, said guide slot being adapted to guide said third guide pin only for lateral sliding movement therethrough; (n) a lift arm bracket secured to said curved plate holding frame substantially parallel thereto and having an elongated guide slot for receiving said first guide pin fixed at said bent end portion only for lateral, sliding movement therethrough, while having another elongated guide slot for guiding said second guide pin only for lateral, sliding movement therethrough; (o) spacers disposed around the first, second and third guide pins, respectively, as interposed between the bent end portion of the lift arm and end portion of the lift arm bracket; the extreme end of the first equalizer arm and lift arm bracket; and between the bent end portion of the second equalizer arm and equalizer arm bracket, and a couple of glass-runs disposed sidewise of the curved plate held by the curved plate holding frame, which defines a predetermined curved path for the curved plate and conducts the movement of the curved plate along said curved path, said glass-runs comprising elastic members in sliding contact with the curved plate, so that as said arm means rotates, said curved plate holding frame is adapted to move substantially parallel to the curvature of the curved plate.

Claim 11

A device for moving a curved plate of uniform curvature along a curved path comprising: (a) a base panel (b) a curved plate holding frame for holding said curved plate disposed in substantially parallel relation and predetermined spaced relation with said base panel, said curved plate having a C-shaped cross section; (c) a rotary shaft rotatably mounted on said base panel substantially perpendicularly thereof and having a regulator handle secured at one end thereof and a pinion secured at the other end; (d) a pivot shaft mounted on said base panel with the axis thereof being inclined to form an acute angle with the axis of said rotary shaft, said axis of the pivot shaft also forming an acute angle with said curved plate holding frame wherever said curved plate holding frame is positioned along its traveling path; (e) a lift arm pivotably mounted at an intermediate portion thereof on said pivot shaft for rotation in a plane extending substantially at a right angle with the axis of said pivot shaft, said lift arm having one end portion substantially parallel to said base panel and the other end portion substantially parallel to said curved plate holding frame; (f) a plate-like driven gear secured at said one end bent portion of the lift arm and engaging said pinion of the rotary shaft for transmitting the rotation of the rotary shaft to the lift arm, said plate-like driven gear being in the form of a sector curved in a direction opposite to the curvature of said curved plate; (g) a first guide pin fixed substantially upright on said bent end portion of the arm means; (h) a connecting shaft rotatable and extending perpendicularly through the lift arm at a point substantially intermedite between the pivot shaft and the bent end portion so as to be substantially parallel to the curved plate holding frame; (i) a first equalizer arm secured at one end of said connecting shaft facing the curved plate holding frame and having the extreme end portion substantially parallel to said base panel; (j) a second equalizer arm secured at one end of said connecting shaft facing the curved plate holding frame and having the extreme end portion substantially parallel to said base panel; (j) a second equalizer arm secured at the other end of said connecting shaft facing the base panel and extending in the direction opposite to and in alignment with the first equalizer arm, said second equalizer arm having the extreme end portion substantially parallel to said bent end portion of the lift arm; (k) a second guide pin secured at the bent end portion of said first equalizer arm and being substantially perpendicular thereto and toward the curved plate holding frame; (l) a third guide pin secured at the bent end portion of said second equalizer arm and being substantially perpendicular thereto and toward the base panel; (m) an equalizer arm bracket secured at said base panel and having an elongted guide slot substantially parallel to the end portion of said first equalizer arm, said guide slot being adapted to guide said third guide pin only for lateral sliding movement therethrough; (n) a lift arm bracket secured to said curved plate holding frame substantially parallel thereto and having an elongated guide slot for receiving said first guide pin fixed at said bent end portion only for lateral, sliding movement therethrough, while having another elongated guide slot for guiding said second guide pin only for lateral, sliding movement therethrough; (o) spacers disposed around the first, second and third guide pins, respectively, as interposed between the bent end portion of the lift arm and end portion of the lift arm bracket; the extreme end of the first equalizer arm and lift arm bracket; and between the bent end portion of the second equalizer arm and equalizer arm bracket, and a couple of glass-runs disposed sidewise of the curved plate held by the curved plate holding frame, which defines a predetermined curved path for the curved plate and conducts the movement of the curved plate along said curved path, said glass-runs comprising elastic members in sliding contact with the curved plate, so that as said arm means rotates, said curved plate holding frame is adapted to move substantially parallel to the curvature of the curved plate.