Handling system for workpieces
AssigneeRudolf Kripzak
InventorRudolf Kripzak
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Abstract
A system for automatically transporting workpieces between a magazine and a machine tool, includes a pair of grabs each movable vertically and also horizontally on a trolley, and arranged to shift workpieces in succession to and from one of a series of drawers in the magazine. The drawers are mounted on guide rails, and are removed in succession by a handling device including a conveyor, raised to the height of a loading station at the top of the magazine, where the grabs operate, shifted horizontally to combine with the movement of the grabs, and then returned to the magazine.
Claims4
A handling system for workpieces, to be used in conjunction with a machine tool, including a workpiece storage device comprising a plurality of drawers having locations for the workpieces, guides for locating said drawers at different levels, means for removing, transporting, and returning workpieces to and from said storage device including a vertically and horizontally movable grab, a handling device arranged to withdraw the drawers from said storage device, to raise the drawers into a loading and unloading station, to move the drawer at the loading and unloading station at right angles to the horizontal direction of movement of said grab, and also to lower the drawer and push the said drawer back into the storage device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.