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4844661 Method and device for driving tools into the ground  
This invention relates to a method and device for driving tools into the ground, comprising a chassis in which is slidably mounted an anvil connected by a set of rods to said tool and a hammer...
4840417 Movable yoke-type lifting magnet device  
A movable yoke-type lifting magnet device including a main core wound with a coil and at least one yoke magnetically coupled to the core. The movable mechanism of the yoke enables the yoke to...
4840008 Roll wrapping head transfer and placement apparatus  
A total system and method for storage and delivery of heads of various sizes is disclosed. The system and method are particularly adapted for application of circular disc heads to the end of a...
4832180 Pick-up device, particularly for automatic lifting and conveying apparatus for plants for the packaging of food products  
A pick-up device for automatic lifting and conveying apparatus has a plurality of pick-up members (5), preferably of the suction type, each of which is intended to take hold of a respective article...
4829855 Magnetic nail holding device  
A magnetic nail holding device has a generally rectangular hollow housing. A pair of overlying jaw elements with magnetic tip portions project from an opening in a front end portion of the housing....
4827956 Remote grasping device  
A remote grasping device of simplified construction which requires little operator strength or manual dexterity. The device associated with a walking aid includes a pair of opposed jaw-like...
4822236 Apparatus for booking an elastomer article  
Apparatus for booking an elastomer such as a rubber sheet is disclosed. A conveyor has a series of driven rollers. A stop member is positioned to stop the movement of the elastomer by contacting...
4813729 Magnetic retrieval tool  
A magnetic retrieval tool for retrieving magnetically attractable objects includes a magnet supported in a magnet housing on an elongated, flexible shaft. The magnet is positioned adjacent a face...
4806070 Article transfer apparatus  
An article transfer apparatus for transferring and assembling a television receiver back cover from a conveyor to a receiver cabinet. The apparatus is robotically operated and includes a set of...
4803944 Method and apparatus for making a boat  
A method and apparatus for making a boat, or similar vessel, having a hull section to be bonded to a deck section. Pairs of pivotal arms are located adjacent the hull and adapted to be rotated in a...
4802702 Magnetic lifting tool  
A magnetic lifting tool is set forth for use in cleanup and removal of ferrous metals from construction sites, such as nails and the like. A circular lifting plate includes a plastic housing with...
4793657 Suction device for taking-up and depositing of work pieces  
A suction device for taking-up, transporting, and depositing work pieces, ch as flat blanks of limp sheet material or panels, is equipped with a plurality of suction tubes. Each suction tube is...
4787812 Apparatus for lifting arrays of paving stones and the like  
A self-propelled apparatus for lifting arrays of paving stones has a mobile arm one end of which carries a support for a polygonal assembly of suction cups having axially and angularly movable...
4787662 Vacuum driven gripping tool  
Apparatus for gripping workpieces using a vacuum includes a plurality of throat bores in a support block, each bore having a constricted portion of its length of a diameter such that the air flow...
4775290 Flexible vacuum gripper  
A vacuum-type pickup and transfer apparatus for irregularly surfaced, shaped and sized objects such as populated printed wiring boards (PWBs) is disclosed. The apparatus includes a plurality of...
4767143 Robot hand  
A robot hand for grasping objects having substantially planar faces includes a base and a plurality of arms extending from the base. A plurality of vacuum cups are supported on and radially movable...
4750768 Gripper device  
This all pneumatic vacuum gripper which utilizes a fluid amp sensor senses an object when the object comes in contact with vacuum cup. This activates the main venturi vacuum generator which...
4744595 Hoisting apparatus for groupwise transfer of cargo units, such as paper rolls  
A positioning device for a hoisting bank with a plurality of horizontally adjustable gripper means, such as vacuum cups, for groupwise handling of cargo units, such as paper rolls. The hoisting...
4741567 Robotic system and end effector  
An end effector suitable for manipulating articles such as mail flats is disclosed. This end effector has parallel reciprocating arms having suction cups for gripping the article to be manipulated...
4735540 Robotic disk handler system  
A robotic system includes a series of cassettes holding blank centrally apertured disks which are ejected in seriatim from each cassette and a plug inserted into the disk central aperture by...
4732376 Blank conveying apparatus  
This invention relates to an apparatus suitable for conveying shaped blanks. This apparatus includes a pair of screw shafts extending in a direction of conveying the blank. Members for holding...
4715631 Lifting magnet unit with a gripping mechanism  
A lifting magnet with a gripping mechanism generally comprises a lifting magnet capable of electrically magnetized for gathering and attracting magnetic articles, such as scraps of dismantled...
4703966 Vacuum lifting arrangement  
A vacuum lifting arrangement for flat workpieces, such as wooden boards, wooden beams and the like, includes a vertically and horizontally movable housing bounding a suction chamber having a...
4699412 Lifting apparatus  
A workpiece lifting apparatus for carrying workpieces into and out of a die in a press machine. A work support portion of the lifting apparatus comprises vacuum cups which reduce impacts caused...
4696613 Arrangement for vertically positioning plate-shaped bodies  
A positioning arrangement for use with a device having a fixed or movable crane arm includes a suction device for plate-shaped bodies which hangs from the free end of the crane arm, the suction...
4685714 Lifting assembly  
A lifting assembly for use with vacuum pads or the like includes a hollow load beam having a longitudinal slot in its bottom wall, a cross arm, and means suspending the cross arm below the load...
4681063 High speed automated injection system for avian embryos  
A high speed automated injection system for avian embryos is provided which can inject eggs with fluid substances while they are being transferred from setting trays to hatching trays. The device...
4674785 Vacuum lifting arrangement  
A vacuum lifting arrangement for flat workpieces, such as lumber boards, lumber planks and the like includes a vertically and horizontally displaceable housing which forms a vacuum chamber, and an...
4666496 Shuttling support frame for vacuum pickup  
A shuttling frame to support and move a vacuum pickup from a heating furnace to a shaping station. Vacuum for the pickup is drawn through the shuttling frame. The frame slidably engages a fixed...
4666493 Sheet positioning system  
A glass sheet positioning system to correctly position a heat softened glass sheet between a pair of vertically aligned upper and lower full surface press faces. A video camera identifies a...
4666492 Method and apparatus for shaping glass sheets  
A heat softened glass sheet is lifted within a heating furnace by a vacuum pickup and moved to a shaping station adjacent the furnace where it is deposited on an aligning frame. The location of the...
4662925 Horizontal press bending of heat softened glass sheets  
A horizontal press bending arrangement wherein heat softened glass sheets are engaged by a shuttling vacuum pickup. The pickup and sheet are transferred out of the furnace and into a shaping...
4661139 Vacuum pressing of glass doublets  
A pair of heat softened overlaying glass sheets are held by vacuum against an apertured engaging surface of a vacuum holder. The overlaying glass sheets can be shaped before, during, or after being...
4652845 Magnetic holding device  
A magnetic holding device to be mounted to a magnetizable surface. It includes a body and a magnet having a pair of poles. A first and a second pole piece are mounted to the body adjacent to the...
4650234 Transfer boom assembly for workpieces  
A transfer boom assembly for panel type workpieces adapted for suspension from a reciprocal shuttle carriage comprises an elongated boom arm of circular cross section having a plurality of...
4649116 Magnetic means for withdrawing magnetic gel beads from an assay fluid  
Magnetic device for withdrawing magnetic gel beads or the like from a biological fluid and transferring them to an immunoenzymatic assay medium. This device includes a housing of insulating...
4647268 Part handling device  
A parts handling device is provided having a movable carrier on which is disposed a plurality of coil wound magnet poles. At least one of the poles is wound and with an A.C. source so that its...
4647094 Arrangement regarding a gripping device  
The present invention concerns a gripping device provided with gripping claws (16) at one end of a tube (3), and at the other end of the tube (3), an operating handle (1). This handle (1) includes...
4643426 Game playing implement  
A dual purpose game playing magnetic wand has one end thereof formed as a magnetized extension for selectively removing ferromagnetic game pieces from a playing board while the handle or other end...
4635328 Device for exchangeable attachment of tools on an industrial robot  
A device for exchangeably attaching tools on an industrial robot comprising an attachment device. According to the invention, the attachment device (1) comprises a first member (2) rigidly attached...
4633563 Sliver retriever  
A tool for removing ferrous particles from a can opened by a can opener wherein the tool has an elongated handle and a magnetic assembly at one end and the magnetic assembly comprises an annular...
4630987 Peripheral auxiliary system for the automatic feeding and unloading of a stamping/nibbling machine  
The invention concerns a peripheral auxiliary system for the automatic feeding and unloading of a stamping/nibbling machine. In machines of this kind, the blanks have previously beed fed in by...
4623296 Robot end effector to transfer shaped parts  
An end effector apparatus for attachment to an industrial robot for transferring prepressed windshields to an autoclave tub. Vacuum cups engage and secure the windshield to the end effector for...
4620739 Bingo chip bell  
A bingo chip retrieving device including a molded cylindrical casing having a bottom wall and an open top, a cover closing the open top of the casing and having a cylindrical guide tube, a plunger...
4603896 Method and gripping head for gripping a layer of containers arranged on a plane  
The invention provides a process for gripping a layer of standing containers (23) such as bottles, and a head for gripping a whole layer of such containers. The process is characterized in that the...
4579577 Vacuum press mold construction  
A vacuum mold for shaping hot glass sheets having a rigid back plate, a flexible perforated lower shaping wall, adjustable spacers positioned between the back plate and shaping wall and easily...
4579573 Forming glass sheets of specialized asymmetric configurations  
A vacuum press for shaping both left and right hand sidelights, quarterlights and the like which are asymmetric in bend and mirror images of each other. The shaping surfaces of the mold have...
4575143 Pick-up tool  
A combination magnetic and mechanical object manipulation and retrieval tool. The magnetic portion of the tool is tubular in shape and is coaxially aligned with the mechanical, prehensile portion...
4572561 Tool for magnetically locating and recovering electrical wires  
A tool for magnetically locating and recovering an electrical wire suspended within a hollow wall. The tool includes a buoyant magnet suspended in a clear liquid within a transparent container. A...
4571320 Method and apparatus for loading and unloading sheet molding compound in and from a press  
Method and apparatus are disclosed using a robot to load and unload precut pieces of sheet molding compound and the like between an upper die and a lower die of a sheet molding press. The steps in...