Arrangement for a machine particularly intended for handling loose signature packs

Patent 4383788 Issued on May 17, 1983. Estimated Expiration Date:

January 30, 2001. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Patent References

2960243

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Industrial manipulator for placing articles in close proximity to adjacent articles Patent #: 4273506
Issued on: 06/16/1981
Inventor: Thomson , et al.

Inventor

Sylvander, Thomas

Assignee

Wamac AB (SE)

Application

No. 06/230365 filed on 01/30/1981

US Classes:

414/792.9, With article gripping means271/180, By reciprocating or oscillating packer294/103.1, Fixed and moveable jaw294/67.22, With load retainer294/86.4, GRAPPLE414/744.3, And moving vertically414/744.6, And moving load support radially with respect to pivot414/744.7, And vertically reorienting load support414/744.8, With means to actuate load gripper414/785, LOAD ENGAGING STRUCTURE OF ELEVATOR OR HOIST DEVICE WITH LOAD HANDLING FEATURE414/793.8, Support adjusts vertically as height of stack increases414/907Including means pressing against top or end of group

Examiners

Primary: Paperner, Leslie J.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Ostrolenk, Faber, Gerb & Soffen

International Classes

B25J 15/00 (20060101)
B65G 61/00 (20060101)
B65G 47/90 (20060101)

Foreign Application Priority Data

1980-01-28 SE

Abstract

According to the invention, a machine is disclosed for handling and preferably loading loose signature packs onto a pallet. In a preferred embodiment, the machine comprises an industrial robot known per se, which has an arm movable in all planes. This arm is provided with a rotation device on which is mounted a gripping device incuding at least two horizontal, reciprocally movable carrying rods co-acting with a support plate and at least one vertical pressure plate movable toward and away from the carrying rods for gripping and conveying a pack of loose signatures from a conveyor and depositing them in a programmed pattern for building a load on a pallet.