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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7540366 | Method for centering of rolls The invention relates to a method for moving paper, board and cellulosic web rolls in a roll packaging system having a plurality of roll handling stations and at least one indexing conveyor capable of operating on at least two elevation levels. According to the meth... | 06/02/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6692221 | Method of adhering wafer and wafer adhering device The method of the present invention is capable of adhering a wafer to a prescribed position of the carrier plate, which has been correctly positioned, in a short time. The method comprises the steps of: heating a carrier plate; detecting a mark provided t... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6651798 | Method and apparatus for repositioning of workpieces on a lugged transfer chain An apparatus for repositioning a workpiece on a lugged conveyor, where the conveyor has lugs for carrying the workpiece spaced apart by a lug space in a downstream direction. The apparatus includes a sensor for detecting the position of the workpiece on t... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6616401 | Part-supplying tray feeder and method of picking-up parts in the tray In a tray feeder, in which a drawing section draws a palette from a container and supplies the palette to a pick-up point where a pick-up head of a parts-mounting-apparatus picks up parts, the head starts lowering and halts at a stand-by position before t... | 09/09/2003 |
| 6561338 | Carriage conveying apparatus A carriage conveying apparatus is provided to efficiently circulate push carriages (110) even in a limited space. The apparatus includes forward and return paths (PH1, PH2) for push carriages (110). The return path (PH2) is provided immediately below the ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 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 |
| 6481558 | Integrated load port-conveyor transfer system A transfer system and method for moving an article between a conveyor and a workstation. The transfer system includes an elevator system having a lift device configured to engage the article carried by a conveyor and raise the article above the conveyor. ... | 11/19/2002 |
| 6457574 | Device for handling at least one tensioning frame, especially for mounting vehicle shells The present invention pertains to a handling device (36) for one or more clamping frames (14) for components (3), especially shells of vehicles, in processing stations (1). The handling device (36) has one or more rotatably driven connecting rods (10), wh... | 10/01/2002 |
| 6308110 | Apparatus and method of distributed object handling A modular object handling system has a multi-level control architecture, which includes a system controller that coordinates the functions and/or operations of individual module controllers, that in turn control corresponding actuators, to provide a desir... | 10/23/2001 |
| 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 |
| 5992607 | Card conveyance control method and apparatus A card conveyance control method and apparatus that allow a card held by a plurality of conveying rollers to be conveyed and securely mounted at the proper position on a conveying platform. The conveying rollers of the first conveyer unit, which holds and... | 11/30/1999 |
| 5906263 | Monitoring apparatus for a transporting system A transporting system includes a conveyor; a workpiece carrier adapted to be advanced by the conveyor; and a monitoring apparatus for monitoring a presence or absence of the workpiece carrier in a predetermined zone of the conveyor. The monitoring apparat... | 05/25/1999 |
| 5671527 | Electronic-component mounting system An electronic-component mounting system including supporting devices each of which supports and positions an object and is movable along a reference line, mounting units which are arranged along the reference line and each of which includes a mounting dev... | 09/30/1997 |
| 5299693 | Method and apparatus for extracting selected materials An apparatus for removing recyclable or other selected items from a load of mixed trash. An identifier generating a non-visual identifying signal is secured to the item and is used in conjunction with sensor devices to locate the position of the item anyw... | 04/05/1994 |
| 5285888 | Parts mounting apparatus In a parts mounting apparatus, a suction nozzle is caused to perform a cycloid movement. A part such as an electronic part is sucked into the nozzle at one of bottom dead points of the cycloid movement and mounted onto another component such as a circuit ... | 02/15/1994 |
| 5222855 | Automated work center An automated work center for use in materials handling operations is disclosed. The work center includes a randomly accessible vertically moving temporary storage queue 11 for receiving containers 25 that hold material goods. A fixed loading ramp 20 is ar... | 06/29/1993 |
| 5125149 | Method of accessing and assembling parts in an assembly apparatus incorporating mobile robots An assembly (machining) apparatus and method for performing assembly or machining of an article. A first article supply device including a plurality of supply devices for supplying articles and a first robot for picking up the articles from the first arti... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5109584 | Printed circuit board adapter supplying apparatus and method for use in printed circuit board drilling apparatus An apparatus and method for supplying a printed circuit board to a printed circuit board drilling machine and for returning the printed circuit board after the drilling. A stocker stores a plurality of printed circuit boards in a tilted state, and a plura... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5080019 | Transferring system for transferring delivery members to their destinations through computed transfer route Transferring system for transferring delivery members to their destinations through a computed transfer route when any trouble exists in a usual transfer route. The delivery members carrying a workpiece to be stitched, and is to be transferred to a desire... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5017075 | Apparatus for automatically transporting textile laps to a comber In an apparatus for transporting textile laps to a comber, wherein the apparatus includes a bridge structure for traveling movement between a lap storage station and the comber, a trolley movable along the bridge structure, and a lap gripping mechanism su... | 05/21/1991 |
| 4997077 | Method and apparatus for the positioning of slabs This invention relates to a method of and apparatus for the positioning of thick slabs (2) to be introduced into a furnace, particularly into a walking-beam furnace, the positioning being effected with the aid of optical devices (5, 9, 10) and electronic ... | 03/05/1991 |
| 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 |
| 4982831 | Printed circuit board adapter supplying apparatus and method for use in printed circuit board drilling apparatus An apparatus and method for supplying a printed circuit board to a printed circuit board drilling machine and for returning the printed circuit board after the drilling. A stocker stores a plurality of printed circuit boards in a tilted state, and a plura... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4924996 | Method for positioning a number of working implements relative to a car body A method for positioning a number of working implements, for example spray nozzles, to certain working or treatment points on a car body as the latter is supported by an overhead conveyor for travel between different working and assembly stations on a pro... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4854355 | Stepwise advancing rotary conveyor and installation for taking liquid samples incorporating such a conveyor For passing stepwise bottles (F, F') in front of different stations, in order to more particularly take liquid samples, the bottles are placed in receptacles formed on a plate (24). The rotation of the plate is ensured by a lifting support action using co... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4836733 | Wafer transfer system Wafer transfer apparatus for horizontal transfer of a wafer between a cassette and an input station of a vacuum processing system includes a wafer transfer arm with a primary section linked to a secondary section so as to move a wafer in a straight line t... | 06/06/1989 |
| 4770120 | Plate member locating-and-feeding system A plate member locating-and-feeding system comprises a locating system for locating a plate member fed to a locating station, a position sensor for detecting the position of the plate member located by the locating system, a suction feeding system for hol... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4723356 | Weighty object mounting systems A weighty object mounting system comprises tact-transporting means for transporting a transportable object so as to have the same stop temporarily at each working stations, position detecting means for detecting a stop position of the transportable object... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4681208 | Method and apparatus for presenting an article to a work station A technique for moving and presenting an article to a work station is described. A plurality of articles, loaded onto a conveyor system, are moved so that a leading article is positioned at a pick-up and elevating station (46). A separating mechanism (44)... | 07/21/1987 |
| 4674181 | Working/assembling system A working/assembling system including a dosed loop endless track, moving units adapted to travel on the endless track, at least one robot supported on one of the moving units for a working or assembling operation, and a control unit mounted on the other m... | 06/23/1987 |
| 4667805 | Robotic part presentation system The invention is a robotic parts presentation system for delivering a workpiece into a work envelope of an industrial manipulator. This system also centers the delivered workpiece about the centerline of the workpiece in the X and Y axes directions thereo... | 05/26/1987 |
| 4615719 | Station indicator A device for use with machines having plural article fabrication or tooling stations and an exit path remote from the stations indicates the specific fabrication or tooling station upon which a given individual article was formed. The device includes a di... | 10/07/1986 |
| 4607338 | Misgrip detection control system for use in a transfer press A misgrip detection control system for detecting unholding or misgrip of a workpiece from a transfer bar in a press. The system comprises a workpiece memory circuit for storing electrically data indicating whether a workpiece is in position of a corresponding ... | 08/19/1986 |
| 4553321 | Method and apparatus for the automatic production of armatures for electric motors A method and apparatus for the production of armatures for small electric motors is provided wherein the armatures are clamped in specially designed workpiece holders and continuously processed in successive work stations. The stations may include an arma... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4553893 | Article transfer apparatus Apparatus and methods for transferring articles, such as concrete blocks, from a conveyor to a curing kiln and return comprise a carriage movable along a path leading from the block conveyor to any selected one of a number of curing kilns. The carriage su... | 11/19/1985 |
| 4546526 | Apparatus for axially shifting wire segments in belt type conveyor A machine cuts elongated wire segments from a continuous wire strand. A belt type conveyor conveys each segment in incremental steps along a path, with the axis of each segment transverse thereto. The conveyor initially grips a segment near one end and pr... | 10/15/1985 |
| 4507078 | Wafer handling apparatus and method A wafer handling method and apparatus insures proper centering of a wafer at a work station and controls the heat transferred to the wafer in a baking operation. The amount of heat transferred and the rate at which the heat is transferred to the wafer are... | 03/26/1985 |
| 4503596 | Transfer type working system A transfer type working system including a transfer line for intermittently conveying workpieces thereon. The transfer line has plural stages of working stations disposed in front and rear relationship. Each of the working stations has at least one machin... | 03/12/1985 |
