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7189049 Robot unit  
The present invention relates to a method for rapid transfer of a work object in both the horizontal and vertical directions using a robot unit ( 10 ) having a gripping mechanism ( 12 ) preferably...
7165669 Method and device for carrying out working steps on miniaturized modules  
In order to provide a method of carrying out working steps in at least one work station on miniaturised modules which are held by a module carrier provided with a holding device, whereby the method...
7155813 Programmer systems  
A micro device using assembly system for feeding, programming, and placing micro devices on circuit boards includes a robotic handling system capable of picking up and placing the micro devices on...
6978882 Device for automated manipulation of articles  
A device for automated manipulation of articles along a predetermined movement path has a working area having a working surface for articles. The device also has a manipulator with a gripping...
6889813 Material transport method  
A controlled material transport method for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes a...
6889818 Wafer blade contact monitor  
A method and apparatus are provided for detecting contact between a wafer blade of a wafer-handling robot and a component in a wafer-handling system. The robot moves the wafer blade within the...
6860380 Workpiece transfer device for machine tools  
A workpiece transfer device for machine tools that easily achieves positional adjustment of the rack while suppressing increases in cost and therefore preventing occurrences of vibrations and noise...
6832885 Handling apparatus for structural members  
There is provided an apparatus for handling a structural member. The apparatus includes a beam that extends from a first end to a second end and a shuttle in translational communication with the...
6793066 Conveying apparatus for plate-form members  
A plate-form member conveying apparatus that includes an upper claw and a lower claw for clamping a plate-form member in between from above and below and conveying the plate-form member, in which...
6712198 Articulated arm transport system  
An articulated-arm transport system, provided in particular for the automation of press lines and large-component transfer presses, is distinguished by a design which permits components or...
6691860 Gripper mechanism for handling a cylindrical workpiece  
A material handling apparatus includes a first support member, for supportively carrying a pair of opposed jaw members, and a second support member which is slidably attached to the first support...
6655522 Transfer press and apparatus for loading and unloading workpieces  
An apparatus loads and unloads workpieces. The apparatus includes at least one essentially horizontally movable element, at least one essentially vertically movable element and at least one element...
6631898 Gripping arrangement for the stacker of a printing press  
A gripping arrangement for a stacker device or delivery tray of a printing press. At least one upper gripper arm and at least one lower gripper arm are provided, which have a first opened position...
6604624 Work conveying system  
A work conveying system for conveying works in a clean room includes a work holder for holding works, and a moving unit for moving the work holder.
6530735 Gripper assembly  
A controlled material transport system (MTS) for carrying materials to and from workstations, test equipment, and processing and assembly tools in a common facility. The present invention includes...
6520319 Assembly for adjusting the height of a gripping mechanism on a machine for molding glass articles  
An assembly for adjusting the height of a gripping mechanism on a machine for molding glass articles has an upright supporting a gripping head for gripping the glass articles, and an actuating...
6394258 Apparatus for loading condoms onto mandrels  
An apparatus for loading condoms onto mandrels is disclosed, the apparatus comprising a plural number of expansion rods adapted to receive and stretch a condom and a plural number of detaining rods...
6390160 Chopping machine  
The chopping machine includes a crosscutting device for cutting the timber, a feeder for feeding the timber in its longitudinal direction to the crosscutting device and a splitting apparatus...
6382400 Transport and positioning system  
A transport and position system, particularly for the workpiece transfer, has a lever mechanism between its driving motors and its output to carry out a step-up. The lever mechanism takes over the...
6374995 Positioning system having a weight compensation arrangement  
A positioning system ( 31, 32, 33, 34 35, 36 ), particularly for transporting and positioning workpieces, has a drive and force generating transmission device ( 47 ) by means of which a carrier...
6374994 Modular transfer systems having swivel drives and linear drives  
A transfer system, particularly for the transfer of workpieces in multi-station presses ( 1 ), consists of several transfer modules ( 14 to 19 ), which each have a workpiece holding device ( 28 )...
6231298 Article pick and place device  
A top-picking palletizer and de-palletizer moves pallet layers along a fixed path by use of a single-dimension actuation system and top-picking lift head. The illustrated system includes an...
6170641 Apparatus for transporting thin boards, in particular printed circuit boards  
In an apparatus for transporting thin boards, in particular coated printed circuit boards, comprising rows of spaced-apart grippers (2) which lie opposite one another and are arranged on a rod (3),...
5941680 Transverse conveying means and continuous furnace equipped therewith  
A transverse conveying apparatus for a continuous furnace comprises a gripper, which is arranged such that it can be displaced along a transporting rail and is mounted such that it can pivot around...
5927935 Part transfer apparatus  
A part transfer apparatus having a first element with a longitudinal slot extending along one side and a second element having a similar longitudinal slot. The slots are disposed adjacent to each...
5649804 Pick and place machine  
This invention discloses a pick and place machine operable to pick up a part at a loading station and to thereafter place and release the part in a delivery station spaced at least horizontally...
5636724 Device for transferring a transport object between two end positions  
The object of a device for transferring a transport object between two end positions is to exclude negative influences on dependability and clean room conditions, also in lengthy transport paths,...
5496148 Workpiece carrier for transfer machines  
An improved workpiece carrier for transfer machines includes a frame, a plurality of upright support members, and a rack and pinion arrangement for adjusting the vertical position of the support...
5481794 Device for handling objects and method of using same  
A device for simultaneously receiving objects arranged in a first positional arrangement and for simultaneously delivering such objects arranged in a second positional arrangement, and a method of...
5419674 Semi-active compliance device  
A semi-active compliance device forms part of a robot used to stack packages. The semi-active compliance device has an X-Y motion mechanism and a remote center compliance mechanism. The X-Y motion...
5400652 Plate positioning system for presses  
A plate positioning system for presses, comprising a feeding slide guided along a first axis which is moved to and from the cutting tool of the press, at least a pair of releasable gripping...
5336040 Process and apparatus for grasping lifting and moving stacks of blanks for cigarette packs  
Process and apparatus for transporting stacks of blanks for producing (cigarette) packs. For the production of (cigarette) packs made of blanks (10) of thin cardboard, the blanks are delivered in...
5174709 Workpiece transfer device  
A workpiece transfer device includes a mounting frame assembly having an upper fixed frame and an inner subframe slidably mounted to the fixed frame. The inner subframe supports a gear rack on its...
5158423 Arrangement for the transportation of objects  
The invention relates to an arrangement for moving objects along a predetermined movement path, comprising a stand, a slide assembly carried by the stand, and a gripping-device attachment device...
5015149 Apparatus for moving inserters for workpieces  
An apparatus for moving the gripper of an inserter for workpieces in a machine tool has a rotor with an endless first cam in its peripheral surface and a second cam in one of its end faces. A...
5000654 Reciprocating drive apparatus for automatic molding removing machine  
A reciprocating drive apparatus for an automatic molding removing machine designed to remove a molded product from a molding machine by moving a chuck member, at least, in the longitudinal...
4986725 Apparatus for transporting machine tools and work tools  
An apparatus for transporting a machine tool such as a robot arm comprises: upper and lower track rails each having a square or circular cross-sectional shape which are horizontally arranged in...
4975018 Linear unit for transferring objects  
A linear unit for transferring objects, particularly for removing workpieces from a linear conveying track, comprising vertically and horizontally movable grippers for grasping the objects and...
4917556 Modular wafer transport and processing system  
A modular wafer processing machine is provided which is based on interconnected handling units having wafer handling arms. Each unit can pass a wafer to another unit in the same vacuum environment...
4823459 Automatic finishing system for wound coil in coil winding machine  
An automatic finishing system for a wound coil in a coil winding machine has a conveyor device for moving coil bobbins intermittently along a circulating endless path. Several finishing machines...
4784564 Reel unloading and handling structure  
A wire handling system removes a reel of wire from a conveyor, presents the reel to a terminal insertion head which grasps a wire on the reel, withdraws the wire from the reel while the reel is...
4755096 Apparatus for moving strips using mechanical manipulator  
In the commercial production of licorice bites, each about 1 inch long, a group of extruded 54-inch licorice strips are lifted by a programmable controlled robot from the discharge end of a lower...
4717310 Apparatus for removing molded articles from injection molding machines  
An apparatus for removing injection molded articles from the opened injection mold of an injection molding machine. Two carriages traveling in directions perpendicular to each other are used for...
4691817 Feeder for introducing and feeding plates into a machine tool  
A feeder for introducing and feeding plates into a machine tool, comprising a positioning station in which the plates are positioned one after the other with respect to orthogonal axes, a transfer...
4597489 Conveyor for transporting wheel rims during roll shaping  
An apparatus transports a workpiece to be shaped into a wheel rim between a pair of similar rim-shaping machines having respective parallel working axes and each open to receive the workpiece only...
4573862 Workpiece transfer device  
A workpiece transfer device has a carrier which travels on rails between a pick-up station and a delivery station. A pair of parallel tracks extends between the two stations. A workpiece gripper...
4548536 Working apparatus with track following motion  
A working apparatus is provided with a head support horizontally pivotably carried by a link mechanism having first and second link elements, which mechanism is operable for horizontally freely...
4548544 Robot apparatus particularly adapted for removing and handling die cast parts  
An extractor arm for a die cast machine providing improved linear movement of the claw supported by the arm. The arm includes a support portion, a knee portion, a claw portion, and two sub-arm...
4534696 Article transfer mechanism  
A transfer mechanism has a tool mounting surface movable in a generally inverted U-shaped path back and forth between spaced stations thereby making the mechanism useful, for example, as part of a...
4432692 Article handling apparatus  
An article handling apparatus includes a guide block which is supported on a base frame with freedom of movement in two dimensions. An article gripping attachment is mounted on the guide block...
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