IP Library Granted Patent US 11,235,431
Granted Patent B2
US 11,235,431 · App. 16/716,885 · Granted Feb 1, 2022

Workpiece basket system and set of workpiece basket systems

Inventor: Ingo Zell (Ehingen-Volkersheim, DE)
Assignee: ZELL SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH
B23Q1/037B25H3/06
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Patent No.
US 11,235,431
App. No.
16/716,885
Granted
Feb 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A workpiece basket system includes at least one replaceable workpiece carrier insert and one frame with a holding device for the at least one workpiece carrier insert, which may be inserted or is inserted into the frame, so that when the at least one workpiece carrier insert is inserted, the frame and the at least one workpiece carrier insert together form a workpiece basket. The frame is designed in such a way that multiple frames are stackable one on top of the other, and the holding device is designed in such a way that it holds the workpiece carrier insert in a detachable manner.

Claims (30)

1. A workpiece basket system, including:

at least one replaceable workpiece carrier insert; and

a frame with a holding device for the at least one workpiece carrier insert, which may be inserted or is inserted into the frame so that when the at least one workpiece carrier insert is inserted, the frame and the at least one workpiece carrier insert together form a workpiece basket;

wherein the frame is designed in such a way that multiple frames may be stacked one on top of the other;

wherein the holding device is designed in such a way that the holding device holds the workpiece carrier insert in a detachable manner; and

wherein the frame comprises a wire upper edge and a wire lower edge spaced apart from each other and fixedly connected by sheet metal strips, with large area recesses between the metal strips.

2. The workpiece basket system according to claim 1 , wherein the holding device is designed in such a way that that the holding device holds the at least one workpiece carrier insert by a screw connection and/or by a press connection and/or by assembly and/or by friction.

3. The workpiece basket system according to claim 1 , wherein the frame is designed to insert into the frame multiple workpiece carrier inserts, so that the workpiece carrier inserts are situated one on top of the other and/or side by side.

4. The workpiece basket system according to claim 1 , wherein the workpiece carrier insert includes at least one receptacle or one holder for at least one workpiece.

5. The workpiece basket system according to claim 4 , wherein the receptacle or the holder is detachably connected to a plate of the workpiece carrier insert and is replaceable.

6. The workpiece basket system according to claim 5 , wherein the receptacle or the holder is connected to the plate by a clamping connection and/or a latching connection and/or a screw connection or by assembly.

7. The workpiece basket system according to claim 5 , wherein the plate comprises recesses, in which the receptacles and/or the holders for workpieces may be inserted and/or clamped and/or latched.

8. The workpiece basket system according to claim 4 , wherein the workpiece carrier insert comprises a grid plate on which the receptacles and/or the holders may be clamped or placed and/or in the recesses of which the receptacles and/or the holders may be clamped and/or inserted.

9. The workpiece basket system according to claim 1 , wherein the workpiece carrier insert comprises metal and/or plastic and the frame is metal.

10. A set of a plurality of workpiece basket systems according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the workpiece carrier inserts is insertable into more than one of the frames to form a workpiece basket; and wherein the workpiece carrier inserts of at least two workpiece basket systems differ.

11. The set according to claim 10 , wherein each workpiece basket system has a frame height from a group of predefined frame heights and the frame heights of at least two frames differ.

12. The set according to claim 10 , wherein the receptacles and/or the holders of one of the workpiece carrier inserts differ in terms of their shape and/or arrangement from the receptacles and/or the holders of another workpiece carrier insert.

13. A workpiece basket system, including:

at least one replaceable workpiece carrier insert; and

a frame with a holding device for the at least one workpiece carrier insert, which may be inserted or is inserted into the frame so that when the at least one workpiece carrier insert is inserted, the frame and the at least one workpiece carrier insert together form a workpiece basket;

wherein the frame is designed in such a way that multiple frames may be stacked one on top of the other;

wherein the holding device is designed in such a way that the holding device holds the workpiece carrier insert in a detachable manner;

wherein the frame is designed to insert into the frame multiple workpiece carrier inserts, so that the workpiece carrier inserts are situated one on top of the other and/or side by side; and

wherein at least two of the multiple workpiece carrier inserts differ.

14. A workpiece basket system, including:

at least one replaceable workpiece carrier insert; and

a frame with a holding device for the at least one workpiece carrier insert, which may be inserted or is inserted into the frame so that when the at least one workpiece carrier insert is inserted, the frame and the at least one workpiece carrier insert together form a workpiece basket;

wherein the frame is designed in such a way that multiple frames may be stacked one on top of the other;

wherein the holding device is designed in such a way that the holding device holds the workpiece carrier insert in a detachable manner; and

wherein the frame includes fold-out handles.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 27, 2020
From: ZELL METALLTECHNIK GMBH
To: ZELL SYSTEMTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 053241/0246 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 17, 2019
From: ZELL, INGO
To: ZELL METALLTECHNIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 051305/0391 →
Priority Claims (1)
EP 19211726 · Nov 27, 2019 · regional
Continuity (1)
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