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A self-righting hand-arm configuration which is adapted to pivot when struck by a user, thereby simulating a "high five."
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| 7882623 | Apparatus for removing interconnects to separate two parts of a workpiece Disclosed is an apparatus for separating interconnects between, for example, a card and a substrate. The apparatus includes one or more rotationally biased (e.g., spring-loaded, etc.) partial-circle structures (e.g., blades, squeegee, plow, etc.) and one or more tem... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7549219 | Automatic assembling system and method for camera lens units An automatic assembling system and method for camera lens units are provided. The system includes a main workstation, a barrel-feeding station, a lens-feeding station, and a camera lens-removing station. The method includes (A) operating a plurality of barrel-clampi... | 06/23/2009 |
| 7363693 | Wire-processing device A wire-processing device has a belt-drive that feeds a wire to a swivel-arm with a gripper. Drives operate the swivel-arm in a swiveling motion and/or in a linear motion. The swivel-arm has a neutral position on a longitudinal axis of the wire and on the axis is a p... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7347120 | Robot of SCARA type A SCARA robot has a robot console, a first robot arm articulated on the robot console and swivelable about a first swivel axis, a second swivel arm articulated on the first swivel arm and swivelable around the second swivel axis extending substantially parallel to t... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7325297 | Automatic assembly machine for mounting bearings onto motors An automatic assembly machine includes a basis (10), a sliding device (30) horizontally movably attached on the basis for supporting a fan (40) thereon, a tube (27) fixed to the basis for receiving a plurality of bearings (28) ther... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7313860 | Mounting device A mounting apparatus includes an X-Y table for holding a board onto which components are to be mounted, and drive units for moving a mounting section by which the components are to be mounted, and also moving individual sections. When an effective torque calculated ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7237328 | Production and/or installation device Production and/or installation device for producing and/or installing a workpiece, with a device frame and a workpiece support table, which has several workpiece supports and is rotating with respect to one or more stationary work stations and can be moved in synchr... | 07/03/2007 |
| 7224002 | Silicon on insulator read-write non-volatile memory comprising lateral thyristor and trapping layer Disclosed herein is an improved thyristor-based memory cell. In one embodiment, the cell is formed in a floating substrate using Silicon-On-Insulator (SOI) technology. The cell preferably incorporates a lateral thyristor formed entirely in the floating substrate, an... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7134824 | Curling-sealing compound lining machine for non-circular metal lids of containers The machine (4) operates continuously and is a single unit having a prismatic construction and a body with an upper base that incorporates a large rotary platen (1), a number of workstations (5) that are placed in said platen and are provided wi... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7114243 | Gripper with parts ejector system A robotic tool picks and places a clinging part in an assembly. Two gripper jaws each have gripper fingers spaced apart from each other by a central spacing. The gripper jaws are movable between a grip position and a release position. The robotic tool also has an ej... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7111390 | Parts mounting and assembling apparatus An apparatus combining a high-speed high-precision characteristic equivalent to that of a die bonder and a flexibility of coping quickly with a process variation and product variation along with size reduction and economics. This apparatus comprises a base unit incl... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7051450 | Portable coordinate measurement machine A portable coordinate measurement machine comprises an articulated arm having jointed arm segments. The arm includes joint assemblies which include at least two read heads in communication with a periodic pattern of a measurable characteristic, the pattern and read ... | 05/30/2006 |
| 7043815 | Method for applying flowable materials Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for applying melt flowable materials to components of articles of manufacture. The methods and apparatuses disclosed herein are concerned with formation of appropriate flowable materials, control over the manner in which the flo... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7032291 | Method of manufacturing stator winding of rotary electric machine A method of manufacturing a stator winding includes a twisting step of U-shaped conductor segments having a pair of straight portions by moving the straight portions in the circumferential direction while restraining the turn portions of the U-shaped conductor segme... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7028392 | Device for fitting a substrate with a flip chip A freely positionable placement head (1) removes presented flip chips (6) from a wafer (5), the connection side of said chips being directed upward. The placement head has a turning device (9), in which, by the time they are placed onto a... | 04/18/2006 |
| 7008884 | Transfer robot and inspection method for thin substrate A transfer robot (5) for thin substrate capable of efficiently detecting the stored state of thin substrates and an inspection method for thin substrate capable of accurately detecting the stored state of thin substrates; the robot (5), comprising an i... | 03/07/2006 |
| 6952882 | Portable coordinate measurement machine A portable coordinate measurement machine comprises an articulated arm having jointed arm segments. The arm includes joint assemblies which include at least one read head together with one or more (preferably five) sensors (preferably proximity sensors) in communica... | 10/11/2005 |
| 6927181 | Transfer robot and inspection method for thin substrate A transfer robot (5) for thin substrate capable of efficiently detecting the stored state of thin substrates and an inspection method for thin substrate capable of accurately detecting the stored state of thin substrates; the robot (5), comprising an i... | 08/09/2005 |
| 6834425 | Assembly machine An assembly machine comprises a machine frame, a plurality of work stations arranged on a circular carrier plate secured on the surface of the machine frame, and a rotary dish that is rotationally driven in cycles and arranged concentrically with the carrier plate. ... | 12/28/2004 |
| 6823583 | Apparatus for corking bottles In an apparatus for corking bottles, the corks are fed in succession within the cavities of a plurality of vice-like devices, which are driven in rotation by a carousel device and which are designed to be radially compressed by the vice-like devices before their ins... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6718606 | Apparatus for molding and applying liners in caps An apparatus for molding and inserting in caps liners made of plastic material dispensed by an extruder, comprising: a dosage carousel; a molding carousel; an insertion carousel; a cap feeder for feeding the insertion carousel with caps, the carousels being rotatabl... | 04/13/2004 |
| 6675468 | System for assembling dental floss dispenser components A system including an apparatus and method for assembling an insert and a cutter bar into a subassembly for use in dental floss dispensers. The insert includes a body portion defining an arbor for rotatably supporting a spool of dental floss and a superst... | 01/13/2004 |
| 6463359 | Micro-alignment pick-up head A placement robot includes a micro alignment pick-up head (MAP) to hold a component for placement on a substrate. The MAP includes a retention member that may be a vacuum pick-up nozzle for component retention and has two main parts: an upper body and a l... | 10/08/2002 |
| 6453546 | Apparatus and method for assembling multi-piston compressors An apparatus and method for assembly multi-piston pumps such as the type used in air conditioning compressors. The conveyor is used to releasably retain the required number of pistons which is then moved to an assembly station wrapping the conveyor and pi... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6449832 | Apparatus of manufacturing a one-way clutch A predetermined number of sprags 21 are consecutively inserted into sprag pockets 45 in a boss 44 on a rotary index table by a sprag inserting section 50. Then, a ribbon spring 22 is fitted to the boss 44 by a ribbon-spring fitting section 60, and an oute... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6357102 | System for assembling dental floss dispenser components A system including an apparatus and method for assembling an insert and a cutter bar into a subassembly for use in dental floss dispensers. The insert includes a body portion defining an arbor for rotatably supporting a spool of dental floss and a superst... | 03/19/2002 |
| 6339871 | Method of manufacturing rotary electric machine's stator A method of manufacturing a stator of a rotary electric machine is comprised of the following steps: providing a plurality of U-shaped basic conductor segments and a plurality of U-shaped connection conductor segments; forming the U-turn portions and stra... | 01/22/2002 |
| 6151768 | Method and apparatus of manufacturing a one-way clutch A predetermined number of sprags 21 are consecutively inserted into sprag pockets 45 in a boss 44 on a rotary index table by means of a sprag inserting section 50. Then, a ribbon spring 22 is fitted to the boss 44 by means of a ribbon-spring fitting secti... | 11/28/2000 |
| 6103541 | Encapsulation method of an organic electroluminescent device An encapsulation method of organic electroluminscence device is provided. An organic electroluminescent device is formed on an indium-tin-oxide glass substrate. A metal electrode is formed on the organic electroluminescent device. The organic electrolumin... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6061898 | Apparatus and method of loading lens-fitted photo film unit with photo film An apparatus for assembling a photo film unit has a dark box, which has supply openings into which parts are supplied, and an exit opening from which the body loaded with the photo film is exited. Intermediate cells of the dark box shield ambient light an... | 05/16/2000 |
| 5915751 | Off-load dial assembly for needles and sutures A semi-automated machine for singulating individual surgical needles from an bulk supply and attaching a suture to the surgical needle is described. Each of the surgical needles has a suture receiving opening formed therein for receiving a suture. The mac... | 06/29/1999 |
| 5867894 | Differential pressure assembly device for making connector assemblies The present invention provides a differential pressure apparatus that transports a component to a receptacle and activates a positive air flow that nutates component about the receptacle until properly aligned so that a negative air flow or gravity forces... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5768768 | Apparatus for processing small parts utilizing a robot and an array of tools mounted on the outer robot arm The present invention is a method and apparatus for processing a plurality of small work-pieces which each weighs under five pounds using a robot gripping a rotatable pallet for holding an array of small parts. The robot has a removable tooling plate moun... | 06/23/1998 |
| 5762081 | Automated apparatus for hydrating soft contact lenses An automated means for hydrating a molded hydrophilic contact lens is provided in which a first robotic assembly removes a plurality of contact lens molds from a production line carrier, each of the lens molds having a contact lens adhered therein. The fi... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5727301 | Assembly system for assembling product comprising a plurality of parts An assembly system comprises a supply jig for holding and positioning a plurality of parts one by one, a supply center for inserting a plurality of parts into the supply jig, a plurality of assembly centers for taking out the parts from the supply jig and... | 03/17/1998 |
| 5724724 | Assembly system for assembling product comprising a plurality of parts An assembly system comprises a supply jig for holding and positioning a plurality of parts one by one, a supply center for inserting a plurality of parts into the supply jig, a plurality of assembly centers for taking out the parts from the supply jig and... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5724723 | Apparatus for assembling an optical fiber connector An apparatus for assembling a multiple component article such as an optical fiber connector and inspecting assembled multiple component articles. The apparatus includes a fixture or nest for retaining an elongated body of the connector in a selected orien... | 03/10/1998 |
| 5689876 | Apparatus and method of loading lens-fitted photo film unit with photo film An apparatus for assembling a photo film unit has a dark box, which has supply openings into which parts are supplied, and an exit opening from which the body loaded with the photo film is exited. Intermediate cells of the dark box shield ambient light an... | 11/25/1997 |
| 5640756 | Manufacturing system An automated continuous manufacturing system which includes a rotatable work table having a plurality of work piece supports for maintaining work pieces during operation of said system, and a plurality of work stations for performing cleaning, pretreatmen... | 06/24/1997 |
| 5636429 | Method and apparatus for providing pieces of flexible material from a length thereof A method and apparatus for providing pieces of flexible material from a length thereof (such as tubes 30 from plastics tubing 4) has a rotor 6 with a port 9 through which the tubing 4 is fed. Rotation of the rotor about its axis 7 displaces an end 4' of t... | 06/10/1997 |
