Assembly tables
AssigneeIVA Gebr. Ten Vaarwerk B.V.
InventorLudovicus Hendrikus Baghuis
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Abstract
An assembly table for precision mechanisms having a removable table top provided with a plurality of supporting blocks for the parts of such mechanisms, said blocks being mounted for stepwise movement in an endless path in said table top, the latter being so supported by a base frame provided with the main driving means for said blocks, as to permit its easy removal from and mounting on said frame together with said blocks.
Claims12
An assembly table for precision mechanisms, comprising a frame, a table top, guides provided in said table top, a plurality of supporting blocks which are slidably mounted in said guides for stepwise movement in an endless path, said blocks passing during their movement one after the other at least one station where components for mechanisms carried by the supporting blocks are subjected to treatment, detachable fastening means securing the table top to said frame and enabling said top to be removed from and reinstalled on said frame together with the supporting blocks as an integral part, means for driving the supporting blocks, and at least two sets of interengageable and disengageable coupling members for coupling the supporting blocks with the driving means, one coupling member of each set being permanently provided in said table top and another coupling member of each set being permanently provided in the table top.
In an assembly table for precision mechanisms, the combination of:
- a supporting frame, a table top assembly supported by said supporting frame and defining a work station, and locating means for detachably locating said table top assembly on said supporting frame so that the table top assembly may be removed and replaced as a unit for production purposes;
- said table top assembly including guide means for defining and endless path leading to and from said work station and a plurality of supporting blocks engaged by said guide means and adapted to be moved in step-by-step fashion through said endless path, and at least first and second motion-transmitting members associated with said guide means to effect the step-by-step motion of said supporting blocks;
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- drive means carried by said supporting frame for moving said first and second motion-transmitting members, said drive means including first and second coupling members which respectively disengage from and interengage with said first and second motion-transmitting members when said table top assembly is removed and replaced.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.