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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4571694 | Robot control system The hand of a robot is moved from an instant position P1 to a first command position P2 to grip one of the workpiece W1,W2,W3 placed at the first command position and conveys the same to a second comm... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4571148 | Manipulating unit A manipulating unit is disclosed comprising a housing (5) in which there are (a) position sensing means (7, 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d, 3a, 3b, 3c, 3d) for sensing the position of a member in the housing, which member is coupled locally to gripping means, and (b) act... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4565487 | System of robots with legs or arms A robot system is disclosed comprising a robot having a plurality of articulated members, actuator jacks for effecting movements (locomotion or other operations) of the articulated members, and a data processing unit controlling the jack actuators. One ar... | 01/21/1986 |
| 4564331 | Robot A robot of the type having a housing and a manipulator mounted to the housing and movable along a plurality of predetermined axes of movement. A drive mechanism is associated with the each axis of movement for moving, upon actuation, the manipulator along... | 01/14/1986 |
| 4561825 | Apparatus for fetching component parts An apparatus for fetching a component part, with the apparatus including a finger unit pivotally supporting a plurality of fingers adapted to catch a component part. A first detection unit detects a catch of a component part and a first drive opens or clo... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4562551 | Robot control system A hand of a robot is moved from an instant position P1 to a first command position P2 to grip one of the workpieces W1, W2, W3 placed at the first command position and conveys the same to a second com... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557386 | System to measure geometric and electromagnetic characteristics of objects A system to measure geometric and electromagnetic characteristics of objects. Wave energy of a single frequency (or very narrow band of frequencies) is directed upon an object which reflects (or otherwise interacts with) the wave energy. The reflected wav... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4557660 | Robot hand A robot hand provided with fingers driven by a double acting cylinder and supplied working liquid pressure through two, 2-position, 5-port-type, single solenoid, electromagnetic valves, wherein: (a) an outlet of a first electromagnetic valve is connected ... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4557661 | Robot safety mechanism In accordance with the present invention an industrial robot (10) having a lifting or gripping arm (16) is provided with electrical switch means (44) whereby if a work piece extends too far into the lifting or gripping portion the machine is automatically... | 12/10/1985 |
| 4552502 | Apparatus for locking the wrist links of a work robot in the same respective relative positions to facilitate calibration of the wrist link position transducers thereof Apparatus is disclosed for locking the wrist links of a teaching robot and a work robot such that the wrist links of the work robot occupy the same relative positions with respect to each other as the wrist links of the teaching robot, thereby enabling th... | 11/12/1985 |
| 4545106 | Machine system using infrared telemetering Positional information about movable components in a machine system relative to the workpiece is wirelessly transmitted by infrared radiation to a remote receiver. The receiver is operative to convert the infrared signals into electrical signals for contr... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4545722 | Flexible robot gripper for irregular shapes The invention is a flexible gripper for industrial robots and the like through the use of articulated ball joint linkages and an industrial brake. The gripper can orient itself to an object and adapt to irregular surfaces while engaging the object. In oth... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4545723 | Apparatus for adapting an end effector device remotely controlled manipulator arm Apparatus for adapting a general purpose end effector device (10) to a special purpose end effector (A) is disclosed which includes an adapter bracket assembly (B) which provides a mechanical and electrical interface between the end effector devices. The ... | 10/08/1985 |
| 4543032 | Robot manipulator with automatically changeable finger tools Changeable finger tools for the gripper of an object manipulator are held in place by a self-releasing detent supplemented by frictional forces produced by the gripper. The retention technique enables fast, efficient automatic changing of the finger tools... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4543033 | Industrial robot A robot for purposes of production and/or assembly comprises an arm carrying a holder for a tool, operating device or the like and being movable in three dimensions in consequence of appropriate guides. The holder itself can have various degrees of freedo... | 09/24/1985 |
| 4541770 | Assembling or processing system A system for automatically assembling or processing a large variety of parts of different weights. The system has a first industrial robot whose end having at least three degrees of freedom for movement in horizontal and vertical planes, and a second indu... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4541771 | Robot having magnetic proximity sensor and manufacturing method using same Described is a robot having a proximity sensor which is based on the reentrant-loop magnetic effect. In one embodiment this sensor in a robot hand can detect the position and orientation of magnetized objects within about a 5 cm range, independently of th... | 09/17/1985 |
| 4540331 | Cut out device A cut out device located between the arm of a multi-axis robot and a supported work tool for disabling further movement of the arm of the robot when the work tool encounters an improperly positioned part and is constrained by such part from moving to its ... | 09/10/1985 |
| 4530636 | Device for operating a hand of an industrial robot A device for operating a hand of an industrial robot is so constructed that fluid pressure cylinders (43, 44) are provided as a driving mechanism of the hand (4) of the industrial robot, branch passages including a pressure-reducing valve (47) are provide... | 07/23/1985 |
| 4530062 | Method and apparatus for controlling industrial robots An industrial robot control method and apparatus having a pulse distributing circuit for executing a pulse distribution operation on the basis of positional command data from taught data to generate distributed pulses, a pulse coder for generating a feedb... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4527326 | Part feeding and assembling system A part feeding and assembling system comprises a bowl feeder composed of storage container for storing parts to be assembled and a transporting track for transporting the parts in a row, the transporting path having an end opened in the interior of the co... | 07/09/1985 |
| 4509783 | Smart hand A gripper device having a body formed with a piston chamber in which a piston is reciprocally mounted. Connected to the body are a pair of spaced fingers. A cross bar is connected to the piston and oppose toggle links interconnect the ends of the cross ba... | 04/09/1985 |
| 4505166 | Control-in-the-small system for precision, under load control of _robot manipulator A remote manipulator for a robotic system has a plurality of intercoupled manipulator links and a principal manipulator drive unit coupled to manipulate the remote position of an end-effector supported by said links in response to a manipulator control si... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4505468 | Apparatus for engaging and moving corrugated paperboard portions by reciprocated pins This invention pertains to pins carried by and in a retainer head member with the pins actuated when and as the head member and an associated contact member reaches the outermost portion of a paperboard member whereat the pins are caused to move obliquely... | 03/19/1985 |
| 4504918 | Arrangement for controlling the operation of a grabbing crane for loading and unloading a ship An arrangement for controlling movement of the grab bucket of a grabbing crane used for loading and unloading bulk material into and from ships is disclosed. Collisions of the grab bucket with the ship's superstructure and the hatch edges are avoided acco... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4503798 | Apparatus for removing fiber bales, in particular pressed bales of cotton Apparatus for removing fiber bales arranged in a row which includes a plurality of spaced generally vertically disposed supports, a pair of spaced generally parallel rails carried by these supports at positions spaced above a surface upon which the fiber ... | 03/12/1985 |
| 4502829 | Electronic component sensing system A system for sensing the size of electronic components processed within a machine for placing components on a media such as a printed circuit board. The size of a component is determined at a sensing station and the component is thereafter precisely posit... | 03/05/1985 |
| 4493606 | Wafer transfer apparatus Apparatus for placing a first element at a receptacle location on a second element, there being associated with the precise receptacle location some known variation in the shape of the second element, the apparatus comprising a support member for supporti... | 01/15/1985 |
| 4486842 | Apparatus and procedure for locating three-dimensional objects packed in bulk for purposes of controlling a gripping terminal An apparatus and procedure for locating three-dimensional bulk-loaded objects for purposes of controlling a gripping terminal, including at least one optical projection system associated with drive mechanisms commanded by an interface connected to a centr... | 12/04/1984 |
| 4484854 | Robotic height sensor in laterally compliant probe A robotic height sensor employs the defocussing of a spot of light to detect the motion of a probe contacting a reference object. The defocussing changes the electrical output of a photodetector which output is used to control a height drive mechanism. In... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4484855 | Double-hand unit A double-hand unit adapted to be secured to the wrist part of an industrial robot and to be used for gripping shaft works or the like is disclosed. The double-hand unit comprises two hand units (2, 3) comprising at least two pairs of fingers (2-1, 2-2 and... | 11/27/1984 |
| 4475860 | Apparatus for discharging radioactive waste from its container An apparatus for discharging radioactive waste from its container comprises a truck movable toward and away from the container by a driving motor, a seizing member including claws capable of closing and opening to seize and release the radioactive waste l... | 10/09/1984 |
| 4472668 | Multi-lead component manipulator A multi-lead component manipulator for the assembly of circuit boards has optical and tactile feedback systems and includes at least two and preferably three symmetric assemblies radially disposed about a component gripper assembly. Each symmetric assembl... | 09/18/1984 |
| 4467517 | Tool changer for facing head A tool changer, for a facing head mounted on the spindle of a machine tool and which supports at least one tool holder slidingly movable at right angles to the axis of the spindle, comprises a tool changer arm, a slide device turnably supporting the chang... | 08/28/1984 |
| 4459898 | Streamlined multi-axis robot wrist assembly with partially enclosed hydraulic and electrical lines to minimize the wrist envelope A multi-axis robot wrist assembly having three hydraulically operated rotary actuators which are mechanically connected in series such that the output of each actuator drivingly positions the body of the succeeding actuator located outboard thereof. The h... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4456293 | Article gripping apparatus The gripping apparatus described comprises a four-bar linkage arrangement for so controlling movement of the two pairs of parallel beams and fingers operatively connected thereto as to cause the gripping surfaces of the fingers to concurrently move in rec... | 06/26/1984 |
| 4445273 | Displacement control device A device for causing a first object to perform a given, desired displacement determined by a second, fixedly arranged object that is to say, a translation and/or a rotation, particularly intended for assembling objects in industrial production processes, ... | 05/01/1984 |
| 4445184 | Articulated robot An articulated robot comprises one or more articulation angles that can assume two states on the occasion of the same position or attitude of an object being controlled. A change from one to the other of the above described two states is taught by operati... | 04/24/1984 |
| 4441854 | Controlling positioning systems upon removal of power Damage to tools and/or equipment (such as measuring equipment) mounted on industrial robot systems or other positioning systems tending to drop when electrical power is cut off, is eliminated by auxiliary equipment which prevents such dropping.... | 04/10/1984 |
| 4437232 | Electronic parts mounting apparatus An electronic parts mounting apparatus using a band carrier for feeding electronic parts incrementally, the carrier being a strip having many recesses disposed at equal intervals each holding an electronic part and a tape covering the recesses. The appara... | 03/20/1984 |
