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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4273506 | Industrial manipulator for placing articles in close proximity to adjacent articles A method of placing an article onto a surface in close proximity to an adjacent previously-placed article, comprises gripping the article between a pair of jaws, tilting it away from the previously-placed article about an axis parallel to the surface and ... | 06/16/1981 |
| 4260940 | Programmable automatic assembly system A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities... | 04/07/1981 |
| 4257755 | Molding system and method An apparatus and method for molding articles of manufacture of resinous materials whereby, the surface of the molded article contains a pile-like texture or structure. The pile-like structure is composed of material of the surface stratum of the article a... | 03/24/1981 |
| 4219171 | Device for coupling a first vehicle to a second vehicle A device is disclosed, carried by a first vehicle such as an orbiting space shuttle, having a plurality of contact members for engaging and holding an annular ring on a second vehicle such as an orbiting payload. The contact members are connected to manip... | 08/26/1980 |
| 4201937 | Control apparatus for programmable manipulator Control apparatus is provided to control a programmable manipulator having a manipulator arm movable in a plurality of axes to perform a predetermined pattern of work operations in a replay cycle with respect to a movable workpiece while the workpiece is ... | 05/06/1980 |
| 4173324 | Coupling device for moving vehicles A mechanical system is disclosed to capture and/or deploy a device or vehicle having relative motion with respect to another vehicle. The mechanism includes an on-board controlled collapsible iris assembly located at the end of a controlled manipulator sy... | 11/06/1979 |
| 4163183 | Programmable automatic assembly system A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities... | 07/31/1979 |
| 4099409 | Multi-axis load cell with arcuate flexures A load cell for measuring forces and moments in three orthogonal directions. The load cell has a central hub (101) and an exterior housing (110) with a plurality of arcuate flexure segments (141, 142, 143) coupled between the hub (101) and the housing (11... | 07/11/1978 |
| 4093081 | Transfer arm for transferring small or medium sized parts A low inertia transfer arm for rapid operation and for manipulation of small or medium sized parts comprises a supporting arm adapted for connection at one end to a device for movement of said arm having at least two degrees of freedom, a pair of tongs co... | 06/06/1978 |
| 4031736 | Workpiece manipulator for use in a forging press A workpiece manipulator for holding workpieces being forged by a forging press has a tongs holder which moves with a parallel motion. The parallel motion is actuated by a hydraulic cylinder, and in the circuit which feeds this cylinder, there is a second ... | 06/28/1977 |
| 4018409 | Combined docking and grasping device A combined docking and grasping device for use with a manipulator arm on a docking vehicle and the like for mechanically connecting a docking vehicle with an orbital payload having a receptacle for receiving the device therein. The device includes a pair ... | 04/19/1977 |
| 4012830 | Tool changer for horizontal drilling-milling machines A tool change mechanism for horizontal drilling-milling machines comprising a magazine, a tool spindle, the tools being arranged substantially horizontally and at right-angles to the tool spindle in the magazine. A gripper rocker having a gripper rocker s... | 03/22/1977 |
| 4002958 | AC output power control system An AC output power control system comprising turn-on means controlling at least three or three groups of switches operationally connected between a power source and a load in predetermined order, means for feeding power including at least an AC component ... | 01/11/1977 |
| 3984009 | Article gripper mounting device An article gripper mounting device for a multi-axis manipulator that is attachable to the wrist assembly of the support arm and allows the manipulator to be used for moving articles along a straight line located in a substantial vertical plane without req... | 10/05/1976 |
| 3977180 | Automatic chain manufacturing system An automated system for producing chain wherein individual pins are fed one-at-a-time to a heating station. The pins are heated in stages at said station to a temperature suitable for bending of the pins. The pins are automatically moved from said station... | 08/31/1976 |
| 3972555 | Tong type recovery tool A recovery tool is designed to be actuated by the manipulator of an under vehicle. The undersea vehicle approaches an object to be recovered and its manipulator arm grips a pair of spring biased actuators. Linkage or lever arms extend from each of the ac... | 08/03/1976 |
| 3951271 | Robot control device A control means for a robot transfer device in which there are provided control heads including positional sensing devices connected so as to sense the movement of the robot device in each plane, or direction, and coded signal generating means providing a... | 04/20/1976 |
| 3943343 | Program control system for manipulator A program control system is disclosed wherein the coordinates of a plurality of specified points of a prescribed path in the space to be traced by a manipulator assembly which are spaced apart from each other by a line segment of the same unit length are ... | 03/09/1976 |
