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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7954621 | Modular wireless conveyor interconnection method and system A modular conveyor system is disclosed in which components of each conveyor module is designed for wireless mesh communication. The communications may be within a module or between modules. Certain of the components may be powered by battery, such that the component... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7650982 | Production system A production system that includes a single main conveying line capable of defining a plurality of manual work areas and capable of conveying workpieces, a shuttle that holds a workpiece thereon and that reciprocates along the main conveying line, a shuttle conveying... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7628264 | Transfer device for workpieces and method for the transfer of workpieces A transfer device using a workpiece carrier to feed workpieces to workstations for processing. The workpieces are held firmly on the workpiece carrier by a holding device (3.1). Provided on a transfer table are guiderails that serve the linear guidance of the... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7222721 | Transferring apparatus, carrying apparatus, and transferring method A transferring apparatus is provided between a plurality of carrying apparatuses, each carrying apparatus comprising support means for supporting carried products Wf, guide means for controlling the moving direction of the support means, the guide means being provid... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7197810 | Transport system In a transport system for flow line production, especially in the car manufacturing industry, workpieces are movable along at least two first guides between working stations in transportation direction. At least one working station is configured as a screwing and/or... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7192242 | Work attracting apparatus and work attracting method A work attracting apparatus and a work attracting method that uses a Bernoulli chuck or the like as a work attraction section and that can ensure the perfect operation of attracting and receiving. The work attraction section (Bernoulli plate 1 and Bernoulli a... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7082680 | Mounting method of electronic components Mounting methods of electronic components in which the electronic components are mounted on plural printed circuit boards are disclosed. An exemplary method includes: supplying a printed circuit board on a first conveyor; transferring the printed circuit board to th... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7051863 | Transferring apparatus, carrying apparatus, and transferring method A transferring apparatus is provided between a plurality of carrying apparatuses, each carrying apparatus comprising support means for supporting carried products Wf, guide means for controlling the moving direction of the support means, the guide means being provid... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6978877 | Automatic machine for processing articles and having a position detecting device with hall-effect sensors An automatic machine for processing articles, and having a conveyor which feeds the articles along a path in a given feed direction and has a movable member; and a reading device for determining the position of the movable member; the reading device cooperates with ... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6945381 | Circuit board fixing table, circuit board fixing method and electronic component mounting apparatus There is provided a circuit board fixing table having a structure in which no vibration or shock is applied to a transport motor when a circuit board is fixed and an electronic component mounting apparatus utilizing the circuit board fixing table and capable of moun... | 09/20/2005 |
| 6912443 | Modular automated assembly system A method of modular manufacturing is disclosed and a modular assembly system is shown utilizing a base unit and a plurality of detachable work stations adapted to operate with the base unit. Each detachable work station includes its own work station control processo... | 06/28/2005 |
| 6799079 | Method and apparatus for correcting positional deviation of finite linear rolling guide There is provided a finite type rolling guide deviation correcting method and system capable of detecting the deviation in relative position between a rolling guide and a movable body if the deviation in relative position increases, and automatically carrying out a ... | 09/28/2004 |
| 6719122 | Lockable latch for an apparatus having a combined latch actuation and carrier movement A lowerator for an assembly system of the type including at least one rail defining a path of travel with respect to at least one workstation, and a conveyor for transporting a workpiece along the rail. The conveyor includes a trolley moveable along the rail and a c... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6588574 | Method and apparatus for automatically loading and unloading piece goods A method and an apparatus for automatically loading and unloading piece goods of different shapes, consistencies and masses in a permanently installed conveying system. The relevant piece goods are picked up automatically by a remote controlled apparatus,... | 07/08/2003 |
| 6554120 | Work sheet processing system The object of the present invention is to provide a work sheet processing system wherein the material work sheet can be transported in and the product work sheet can be transporting out efficiently, and the cycle time of the processing can be shortened. T... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6497320 | Conveyor A conveyor has a rotary encoder for measuring the amount of rotation of a driven sprocket having an intermittently drivable chain reeved therearound, and a processor for processing the measurement obtained by the encoder as operation support operating dat... | 12/24/2002 |
| 6446329 | System for manufacturing a stator A system of manufacturing a stator is provided. The system comprises: a pallet, which includes, a base portion, a first ring rotatably disposed within the base portion for supporting the stator, a second ring rotatably disposed in the base portion, the se... | 09/10/2002 |
| 6419071 | Lowerator having an actuator capable of combined latch actuation and carrier movement A lowerator for an assembly system of the type including at least one rail defining a path of travel with respect to at least one workstation, and a conveyor for transporting a work piece along the rail. The conveyor includes a trolley moveable along the ... | 07/16/2002 |
| 6401902 | System and method for feeding of returnable containers Collecting system for packagings (18), preferably returnable packagings, comprising a feeding-in device (10) for the packagings, which feeding-in device is arranged at a first location, an automatic transport device being arranged to automatically transpo... | 06/11/2002 |
| 6318946 | Interlock system for semiconductor wafer transport apparatus An interlock system prevents collision of handling equipment and damage to wafers in an automated wafer transport apparatus during manual control by an operator. Sensors are used to sense when wafer transport arms and wafer stage are both in their home po... | 11/20/2001 |
| 6295728 | Printed circuit board assembly manufacturing system A system for manufacturing a print board assembly, which is implemented in a system having a computer for storing parts insertion instruction diagrams and displaying parts insertion instructions, and a soldering unit for soldering a printed circuit board,... | 10/02/2001 |
| 6264420 | Device for monitoring sheets A device is provided for monitoring sheets from which cards with a monetary value and/or identity cards are punched, where the cards are arranged in rows on the sheets. The device is configured such that the number of cameras used is independent of the nu... | 07/24/2001 |
| 6189674 | Apparatus and method for transferring printed circuit boards An apparatus and a method for transferring a printed circuit board to an intended position at a high speed accurately and reliably. The apparatus is provided with driving motors (7) for driving conveyor belts (6) to transfer a printed circuit board, a pos... | 02/20/2001 |
| 6168002 | Control system for use with semiconductor device transporting and handling apparatus In a handler attracting and transporting ICs by the use of a vacuum pick-up head, a control system is provided which provides for removing a jammed IC without the need for opening the door of the constant temperature chamber, if the vacuum pick-up head's ... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6168003 | Method and apparatus for the linear positioning and for the position recognition of a substrate on an onserting unit An apparatus for the linear positioning and for the position recognition of a substrate, comprising a linear transport for conveying the substrate, a sensor whose sensor field is set to a freely selectable braking position along the conveying path of a su... | 01/02/2001 |
| 6165395 | Process control method for a machine for manufacturing thermoplastic tubes A machine for manufacturing thermoplastic tubes from hollow thermoplastic sleeves by a variety of different manufacturing processes. The machine is a single apparatus having an indexing table with a plurality of mandrels for holding hollow thermoplastic s... | 12/26/2000 |
| 6157300 | Flexible tag agitator Flexible tags are secured to parcels moving upon a conveyor belt. The flexible tags each contain a transponder circuit in electrical communication with a transponder antenna. The transponder circuit contains a unique digital code containing data relating ... | 12/05/2000 |
| 6073751 | Automatic equipping unit for electrical assemblies with a belt store unit for discharged components An automatic equipping unit for electrical assemblies with a belt store unit for discharged components wherein the components discharged by the automatic equipping unit are placed onto the belt store unit in a defined position. A belt drive that can be co... | 06/13/2000 |
| 6050389 | Carrier apparatus with more than one carrier belts and processing apparatus therewith A carrier apparatus is provided with a first carrier mechanism, a second carrier mechanism, and a sensor. The first carrier mechanism has a holding portion holding a substrate, a driving pulley, an idler pulley, and a first endless belt, the first endless... | 04/18/2000 |
| 5937992 | Assembling apparatus and process An assembling apparatus and process. The apparatus has a conveyor with a pair of parallel and elongated line guides fixed thereabove. Articles are placed onto the conveyor between the parallel line guides and a plurality of line stop mechanisms are provid... | 08/17/1999 |
| 5891371 | Interactive control method for packaging control of time sensitive products An interactive control system for controlling the automatic packaging of contact lenses in a contact lens fabrication facility, the interactive control system consisting of a first robot device for periodically transferring individual arrays of a first pr... | 04/06/1999 |
| 5484115 | Textile machine having multiple winding stations for producing wound yarn packages A pallet transport system for a textile machine producing wound yarn cheeses, in particular a winding machine, includes transverse transport tracks disposed between a cop supply track and an empty bobbin return track each transverse track having transport... | 01/16/1996 |
| 5157980 | Propulsion device for power machines or tools operating along continuous flow production lines In a propulsion device for power machines operating in conjunction with production lines carrying an uninterrupted stream of semi-finished iron or steel products, the machine or tool (5) forms a part of a guided mobile assembly (3) capable of traversing b... | 10/27/1992 |
| 4995501 | Transport system and method for embossing apparatus A card transport apparatus (12) carries cards along a card transport path through card processing stations (14, 74, 76). The transport apparatus (14) includes a vertically adjustable card carriage (16) for retaining cards along a card transport path throu... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4884674 | Segmented asynchronous operation of an automated assembly line An automated assembly line is controlled by a computer system. The assembly line is comprised of a plurality of machines which are each segmented into its basic unit operations providing work stations. The work stations are then controlled by the computer... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4799581 | Apparatus for loading spare wheels on vehicle bodies An apparatus for loading a spare wheel on a vehicle body comprises a robot operative to load the spare wheel on a predetermined portion provided in the vehicle body supported and transported by a carrier mounted on a vehicle body conveying device, a speed... | 01/24/1989 |
| 4605115 | Device designed to move a section being machined past machining means and in the long direction of the section Device designed to move a section (2) being machined past machining means (9, 10) and in the long direction of the section so that it can be positioned with respect to the machining means, comprising at least one clamp (20) designed to grip the said secti... | 08/12/1986 |
| 4583634 | Step-type production line and method of operating same A production line for working on a succession of workpieces has a transporter or conveyor defining a longitudinal path for carrying and displacing the succession of workpieces in longitudinal stop-and-go steps through a succession of stations generally lo... | 04/22/1986 |
| 4516673 | Apparatus for conveying a lead frame mounting semiconductor pellets An apparatus for conveying a lead frame mounting semiconductor pellets comprises a guide path for guiding the lead frame, and a feed member. The feed member is moved by a solenoid mechanism from a first position where the feed member is separated from the... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4488633 | Apparatus for transporting sample holders Apparatus for transporting elongated sample holders in a sample holder storage compartment past an operating station at which sample tubes contained in the sample holders may be removed and then returned to the sample holders. First and second parallel co... | 12/18/1984 |
