Metal working – Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for... – Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
Patent
1985-11-29
1987-04-28
Weidenfeld, Gil
Metal working
Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...
Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
901 30, 901 31, B23Q 3155, B25J 1504
Patent
active
046602747
ABSTRACT:
The apparatus effects transfer and connection of tools between a tool holder and at least one bracket of a robot hand. A pin upon the tool holder and a pin upon the bracket are received during tool transfer within a bore extending through the tool shank, one of the pins entering the bore from one end thereof and the other pin entering from the other end of the bore. The free ends of the pins abut during transfer of the tool between the tool holder and the bracket. Two tools may be simultaneously transferred in the preferred embodiment of the apparatus. The connection between the bracket and the tool permits limited movement of the former relative to the latter, and a sensor may be provided to detect such movement.
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Goumas Peter G.
Hendricks Quentin J.
Trull Michael W.
Bishop Steven C.
Weidenfeld Gil
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