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A microwave oven adapted for use within a motor vehicle dashboard area. The microwave oven has a removable storage cassette, and slidable platforms for securing and serving containers of beverages and foods.

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Class 198/750.13 - Magnetic or electrostatic gripper


Subclass of Class 198 - Conveyors: power-driven
Definition: Subject matter in which the holding, seizing, grasping,
No. of patents: 21
Last issue date: 03/13/2007


NumberTitleIssue Date
7189049Robot 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 from one workstation (3) to another (4), the ...
03/13/2007
7159438Transfer press with improved use of space
A transfer press provided with a transfer device, having transfer units provided with cross members (37) for which the length is shorter than the width of a tool. The transfer units (29 to 32) are arranged completely between the processing stati...
01/09/2007
6443291Method and apparatus for providing parts to workpieces
The method and apparatus (10) for moving and positioning parts (150, 250, 350 or 450) on workpieces (160) is described. The apparatus includes a vibratory bowl (12), a conveyance and feed system and a positioning cylinder (82). The bowl aligns the parts a...
09/03/2002
6405857Transportation mechanism of magnetic handling for accessing compact disks
A transportation mechanism of magnetic handling for accessing Compact Disks. The transportation mechanism includes a reciprocating device having a base, an electromagnetic head provided on the base, a control unit controlling the reciprocating device such...
06/18/2002
6298977Method and apparatus for providing parts to workpieces
The method and apparatus (10) for moving and positioning parts (150, 250, 350 or 450) on workpieces (160) is described. The apparatus includes a vibratory bowl (12), a conveyance and feed system and a positioning cylinder (82). The bowl aligns the parts a...
10/09/2001
6102193Method and apparatus for providing parts to workpieces
The method and apparatus (10) for moving and positioning parts (150, 250, 350 or 450) on workpieces (160) is described. The apparatus includes a vibratory bowl (12), a conveyance and feed system and a positioning cylinder (82). The bowl aligns the parts a...
08/15/2000
5607281Transfer device in a press
The grippers (2, 3), which are mounted on the transport bars (1), are provided with permanent magnets (6). In order to seize and transfer a workpiece (4), the two grippers are moved toward the workpiece from the outside, while the front surfaces (5) of th...
03/04/1997
5229170Method for electrostatically transporting ultrafine particles by use of a needle electrode
A method and instrument produce compound semiconductor crystallized ultrafine particles of Groups II-VI or Groups III-V using vapor phase reaction of an element of Group II or III with an element of Group V or VI. Charged ultrafine particles are transport...
07/20/1993
5205702Device for introducing rolled-steel sections into a cold shear
Apparatus for introducing rolled steel into the entrance of a processing machine such as a cold shear or straightening machine including a roller path for carrying the steel sections at a speed of transport in a direction of transport toward one of the sh...
04/27/1993
5074742Parts feeding method and apparatus
A method and apparatus are described for conveying and supplying a part, such as a projection nut, to a predetermined point in space. The apparatus comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft, two magnets being associated with a p...
12/24/1991
5067763Parts supplying apparatus
A parts supplying apparatus for carrying and supplying a part such as a projection nut to a predetermined point in space comprises a telescopic supply rod including an outer and inner shaft, and a magnet being fixed to a proximal end of one of the two sha...
11/26/1991
5042640Gripping and conveying apparatus
A gripping and conveying apparatus includes at least one gripper having jaws which are supported in an orientation where the jaws are attracted together by gravity. Magnets are mounted in the opposing surfaces of the jaws to hold the jaws together and gri...
08/27/1991
5007795Supply head of nut feeder
In a supply head of a nut feeder, a guide member having both side walls guiding both end surfaces in minor axis direction of a flange portion of a transferred T-nut is fixed to the front end of a rod arranged movable forward and backward within a sleeve a...
04/16/1991
4820102Arrangement for and method of stacking blanks
An arrangement in a press feed line for picking up and conveying metal blanks at generally the same rate of speed they exit speed from the press, and automatically stacking them on a stacker car, or the like. The stacker car has a rotatable base supportin...
04/11/1989
4553662Apparatus for feeding pieces of laundry on a conveyor
An apparatus for the centered feeding of pieces of laundry to a conveyor comprises a support for hangingly supporting a piece of laundry to be fed to the conveyor, the support is reciprocally movable parallel to the centerline of the conveyor between a fi...
11/19/1985
4509892Apparatus for manipulating workpieces having plane parallel surfaces
Apparatus for supporting, locating and transferring plate-like or disc-shaped workpieces between several stations or between several machines where each of two plane parallel surfaces of each workpiece is subjected to one or more treatments has at least t...
04/09/1985
4411587Loading apparatus
A holding apparatus for use in combination with a working machine, where such loading apparatus has a first quadric parallel link body attached to the working machine and adapted to be oscillated within a vertical plane; a second quadric parallel link bod...
10/25/1983
4372538Metal cutting machine with cut piece pickup and transport magnets
A metal cutting machine has a plurality of tool carrying cutting heads mounted for movement along a bridge which in turn is mounted on rails or the like for movement transverse to the direction of head movement. Controls are provided for selective movemen...
02/08/1983
4173426Apparatus for the automatic loading of a continuously working machine
An apparatus for automatically loading a continuously operating machine with workpieces, the apparatus including a loading arm which is adapted to receive workpieces and a gripper which is adapted to transfer workpieces from the loading arm to a further r...
11/06/1979
4161086Continuous shot-blasting machine
A continuous shot-blasting machine for surface treating arbitrarily arranged batches of workpieces includes at least one blasting chamber for shot-blasting the workpieces and a turn-over device for turning over the workpieces to expose all surfaces for tr...
07/17/1979
4120392Coil spring feeding apparatus
Disclosed herein is a coil spring feeding apparatus comprising a plurality of elongated magazines supported by a frame in parallel relation to each other and each including a bottom and a discharge end, a conveyor assembly extending transversely of and ad...
10/17/1978
 
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