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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4228886 | Position sensor A glass sheet is advanced into a sheet determining position with one side of the sheet intercepting two scan paths and the other adjacent side of the sheet intercepting one of the two scan paths. Light rays reflected from the portion of the scan paths occ... | 10/21/1980 |
| 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 |
| 4187454 | Industrial robot An industrial robot comprises a robot structure having a movable part, driving means for driving said movable part, detection means for detecting substantially a displacement of said movable part and for generating a position detection signal, memory mean... | 02/05/1980 |
| 4170751 | Electronic control for a mechanized spray painting system An industrial robot for spray painting workpieces carried by a conveyor is provided with a control to allow the programmed robot sequence to proceed synchronously with conveyor movement so long as the conveyor maintains a normal speed. When, however, the ... | 10/09/1979 |
| 4105925 | Optical object locator In order to determine the position and orientation of an object on a conveyor, two planes of light intersect at a single transverse line on the conveyor surface, the planes of light each being at an acute angle to the conveyor. A linear diode array aligne... | 08/08/1978 |
| 4086522 | Computer assisted teaching arrangement for conveyor line operation A programmable manipulator having an arm which is movable in a plurality of axes and encoder apparatus for the axes operative to develop position signals corresponding to the actual position of the arm is provided adjacent a workpiece moving along a prede... | 04/25/1978 |
| 4084684 | Conveyor transfer method and apparatus A method of transferring an article carried by a first moving conveyor to a second moving conveyor and apparatus for effecting the same. The transfer is effected by lifting the article from the first conveyor, transporting it to adjacent the second convey... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4062440 | Conveyor transfer apparatus hook release device A method of transferring an article carried by a first moving conveyor to a second moving conveyor and apparatus for effecting the same. The transfer is effected by lifting the article from the first conveyor, transporting it to adjacent the second convey... | 12/13/1977 |
| 4056188 | Conveyor transfer apparatus pickup means reach-retract control A method of transferring an article carried by a first moving conveyor to a second moving conveyor and apparatus for effecting the same. The transfer is effected by lifting the article from the first conveyor, transporting it to adjacent the second convey... | 11/01/1977 |
| 4044377 | Video target locator A closed circuit TV camera with a fixed focus lens, is used to measure the vertical displacement from and longitudinal distance from an industrial robot arm to checkered-row target pattern, i.e., a row of alternate black and white squares. The pattern is ... | 08/23/1977 |
| 4037730 | Press line with workpiece feeding device A press line having a transfer system for transferring workpieces from a processing station of one press to a processing station of a subsequent press. The transfer system includes a track extending over the entire interspace between the two successive pr... | 07/26/1977 |
| 4033448 | Conveyor transfer apparatus pickup and dropoff sensor A method of transferring an article carried by a first moving conveyor to a second moving conveyor and apparatus for effecting the same. The transfer is effected by a pickup device lifting the article from the first conveyor, transporting it to adjacent t... | 07/05/1977 |
| 4011437 | Method and apparatus for compensating for unprogrammed changes in relative position between a machine and workpiece A method and apparatus are disclosed for modifying command signals representing predetermined positions of a machine element relative a workpiece as a function of measurable unprogrammed changes in the relative position therebetween. The machine element i... | 03/08/1977 |
| 3958682 | Coordination of robot and conveyor An endless chain is caused to become locked to and driven by a work-carrier forming part of a conveyor. The chain drives a signal generator whose output represents the advance of the work-carrier past a robot and the generated signal is combined with prog... | 05/25/1976 |
