US 4,754,863 AGranted

Workpiece conveyor

AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Taiho Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha

InventorsHiroshi Tsuchiya, Kimikazu Ikemoto, Masami Sano

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Abstract

A workpiece conveyor for conveying a workpiece between presses is disclosed. The workpiece conveyor comprises first, second and third stations disposed between the presses, a reversing mechanism disposed at the first station and equipped with a pair of right and left reversing jaws that are driven separately for elevation and rotation, a first workpiece receiver disposed at the second station and capable of moving up and down, an unloader mechanism and a second workpiece receiver disposed on an unloader which is disposed at one of the end portions of a carriage capable of moving between the first to third stations, and a third workpiece receiver disposed at the other end of the carriage which is spaced apart from the second workpiece receiver by a distance equal to the distance between the stations.

Claims5

Dependent claims

A workpiece conveyor, comprising:

first, second and third stations disposed in such a manner as to extend between a press of a preceding step and a press of a next step;
a carriage adapted for moving between said first, second and third stations;
a reversing mechanism which includes a pair of right and left reversing jaws and means for driving said jaws independently and separately for elevation and rotation, wherein said reversing mechanism is disposed at said first station;
first horizontally stationary workpiece receiver means disposed at said second station and movable up and down;
an unloader mechanism mounted on said carriage;
second workpiece receiver means disposed on said unloader and which is disposed at a first end portion of said carriage;
and
third workpiece receiver means disposed at a second end of said carriage and which is spaced apart from said second workpiece receiver means by a distance equal to a distance between each of said stations.

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