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US 2006/0223416 A1Published application
Device and nethod for abrading a wooden barrel
AssigneeTonnellerie Radoux
InventorMichel Jean Brutus
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Abstract
A device for abrading a wooden barrel (13) includes a robot having elements (11, 17, 23) for loading a barrel (13), elements (29a, 29b, 33a, 33b) for gripping and rotating the barrel (13) around the axis thereof, elements (43a, 43b) for extracting and re-positioning the two bilge hoops of the barrel, elements (53) for abrading the barrel, and elements (69) for removing the barrel (13).
Claims22
1-21. (canceled)
Device for sanding a wooden barrel, consisting of a robot comprising:
- means for loading said barrel,
- means for gripping and rotating said barrel around the axis thereof,
- means for removing and replacing the two bilge hoops of said barrel,
- means for sanding said barrel, and
- means for removing said barrel.
2 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.