| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE32804 |
Workpiece transfer |
December 20, 1988 |
| A multiple station conveyor having a lift and carry shuttle to advance workpieces. To permit a normal work height for the workpieces when in the stations while providing a relatively long vertical stroke for the shuttle it is raised and lowered by Scott Russell lift mechanisms disposed b |
| 4865180 |
Workpiece transfer system |
September 12, 1989 |
| A system for transferring workpieces generally vertically from a station at one height in a workpiece support or transfer device to a station at another height in another transfer device or support. The workpiece is moved vertically by an elevator which travels along a path through the |
| 4750605 |
Workpiece transfer system |
June 14, 1988 |
| A system for transferring workpieces generally vertically from a station at one height in a workpiece support or transfer device to a station at another height in another transfer device or support. The workpiece is moved vertically by an elevator which travels along a path through the |
| 4700936 |
Clamp mechanism |
October 20, 1987 |
| A workpiece clamping device with a movable clamp member actuated by a jack screw driven by a reversible electric motor through a worm meshing with a gear connected to the jack screw. To yieldably bias the clamp member into engagement with the workpiece, a spring is compressed by axial mo |
| 4670834 |
System and method for automatic diagnostic program modification based on control program modific |
June 2, 1987 |
| A distributed machine information and control system which includes a plurality of programmable control stations for controlled operation of associated implements of plant machinery. A number of zone diagnostic stations are coupled to one or more programmable control stations, either |
| 4669607 |
Workpiece transfer |
June 2, 1987 |
| A multiple station conveyor having a lift and carry shuttle to advance workpieces. To permit a normal work height for the workpieces when in the stations while providing a relatively long vertical stroke for the shuttle it is raised and lowered by Scott Russell lift mechanisms disposed b |
| 4629384 |
Transfer and locator of workpieces for a gang machine |
December 16, 1986 |
| An apparatus for transferring a pallet with a plurality of workpieces into a gang machine and locating and clamping the workpieces while being machined. The workpieces are received and loosely retained on the pallet while being transferred and each workpiece is located and clamped in the |
| 4629091 |
Workpiece escapement and divider |
December 16, 1986 |
| A turret journalled on a vertical axis has a plurality of vertically spaced pockets open at their upper and lower ends and spaced circumferentially around its outer periphery. A workpiece hopper has a downwardly extending outlet lying on the circle defined by the upper ends of the pocket |
| 4626159 |
Machine loader |
December 2, 1986 |
| A loader for relatively long, flexible strips of sheet stock has a pair of parallel, generally vertically extending arms having vertically slotted upper ends. The lower ends of the arms are pivotally connected with vertically guided slide blocks. Each arm is pivotally connected inter |
| 4600095 |
Mechanical welding press |
July 15, 1986 |
| A mechanical press has an elevated welding station and a workpiece conveyor extending through the press at a level spaced below the welding station. A lift mechanism below the conveyor is designed to elevate the platen with a straight line vertical motion in two successive steps to first |
| 4573862 |
Workpiece transfer device |
March 4, 1986 |
| A workpiece transfer device has a carrier which travels on rails between a pick-up station and a delivery station. A pair of parallel tracks extends between the two stations. A workpiece gripper has a roller thereon engaged with one track to retain the work gripper in work-gripping posit |
| 4573840 |
Piston counterboring machine |
March 4, 1986 |
| A machine for forming an annular counterbore in the outer face of the solid end of a piston has a tool supporting spindle rotated on its own central axis and simultaneously revolved about an eccentric axis, the eccentricity of the axis of revolution being adjustable to accommodate piston |
| 4556141 |
Reciprocating linear conveyor drive |
December 3, 1985 |
| A reciprocating linear drive for conveyors and like applications including a pair of cars mounted for translation on associated tracks. A reversible motor is coupled by a drive chain to the drive car for translating the drive car selectively in either direction through a defined drive st |
| 4551880 |
Vertical workpiece cleanser and dryer |
November 12, 1985 |
| A vertical workpiece cleanser and dryer which includes a pair of chain-driven pocket elevators disposed in adjacent wash and rinse towers on bases which enclose associated wash and rinse solution reservoirs. Each elevator includes a plurality of spools cantilevered from a drive chain |
| 4537087 |
Rotary chain drive mechanism with periodic output dwell |
August 27, 1985 |
| A rotary drive mechanism with periodic output dwell includes a fixed sprocket mounted on one end of a fixed hollow shaft. A drive input is rotatable on the hollow shaft and is coupled to a frame assembly which includes an arcuate plate coplanar with the fixed sprocket. A pair of idle |
| 4534460 |
Chain-driven pocket elevator |
August 13, 1985 |
| A pocket conveyor, specifically a pocket elevator, in which a plurality of spools are cantilevered from an endless drive chain. The spools cooperate with each other and with stationary guide rails to form a series of pockets for conveying workpieces between feed and discharge stations. |
| 4530637 |
Workpiece handling apparatus |
July 23, 1985 |
| A mechanism for loading workpieces into and/or unloading workpieces from a stamping press has a workpiece carrying arm and includes a drive mechanism for reciprocating the arm horizontally through a desired stroke and for reciprocating the arm vertically adjacent the opposite ends of its |
| 4516504 |
Cross-over track structure for wheeled pallets |
May 14, 1985 |
| A conveying and storage system for wheeled pallets has tracks each formed by a pair of generally parallel rails. The pallet has grooved wheels at one side for riding on the upper edge of one rail and a roller on the other side for riding on the upper edge of the other rail. At the in |
| 4412465 |
Tool compensator |
November 1, 1983 |
| A cutting tool is operatively connected with the piston of a tool positioning cylinder so as to move in response to axial movement of the piston. One end of the cylinder is connected with one end of a stroke limiting cylinder to form a closed fluid circuit therebetween. The piston of |
