Metal working – Means to assemble or disassemble – Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...
Patent
1987-11-20
1988-11-15
Eley, Timothy V.
Metal working
Means to assemble or disassemble
Means to interrelatedly feed plural work parts from plural...
29 33P, 29711, 29783, 29787, 29799, 29823, 1984652, 901 7, 901 15, 901 41, B23P 2100
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active
047839040
ABSTRACT:
An automatic assembly apparatus has a first conveyor for transporting trays carrying parts to be assembled, a second conveyor for transporting pallets on which the parts are to be assembled and which extends parallel to the first conveyor, a stocking station positioned between the first and second conveyors and at which a plurality of the trays can be accommodated, a working station adjacent to the second conveyor, a pusher arm for moving trays from the first conveyor to the stocking station, and a root mounted between the first and second conveyors for carrying the trays from the stocking station to parts supplying stations adjacent the working station, and for assembling, on pallets transported to and from the working station by the second conveyor, parts removed by the robot from trays situated at the parts supplying stations, whereby a plurality of parts can be assemled by a single robot and it is possible to automatically and efficiently assemble the parts even in cases of relatively small scale production.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4500065 (1985-02-01), Hennekes et al.
patent: 4557655 (1985-12-01), Berg
patent: 4703558 (1987-11-01), Makinen
Chin Frances
Eley Timothy V.
Sinderbrand Alvin
Sony Corporation
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