METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MODIFYING THE POSITION OF MORE ELEMENTS PLACED IN ONE LINE COMPARED TO ONE ANOTHER

• Main Authors: GERARDIN,PASCAL,FR, SAUVINET,VINCENT,FR, PICHON,MICHEL,FR
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.05.1991
• Edition: 5
• Subjects: APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TO SURFACES, IN GENERAL; ATOMISING APPARATUS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOTDIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT; DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g.ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OFPARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; NOZZLES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PROCESSES FOR APPLYING LIQUIDS OR OTHER FLUENT MATERIALS TOSURFACES, IN GENERAL; SPRAYING APPARATUS; SPRAYING OR ATOMISING IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING

The invention relates to a procedure and a device for modifying the relative positions of a plurality of parts aligned along a first configuration in such a way as to arrange them, in line, along a second configuration. The procedure consists (a) in selectively coupling at least one of the parts (1) to a shuttle (5) which is movable parallel to the alignment of parts, (b) in moving the shuttle up to a defined position, (c) in decoupling the shuttle from the part after its installation at the defined position and (d) in repeating the stages (a), (b) and (c) for all the parts to be moved. Application to the remote setting of injectors of pulverulent products with a view to the formation, on a substrate which is moving past, of a layer having particular properties.