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US 4,784,562 AGranted
Apparatus for carrying work to and out of press
AssigneesToyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Taiho Seiki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTomomi Kishi, Kosuke Shiramizu, Kanshi Nonami, Masahiko Takeuchi, Takeshige Kurumizawa
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Abstract
An apparatus for carrying a workpiece to and out of a press is provided with at least a pair of workpiece carrying mechanism assemblies which are driven and controlled independently, and each of the mechanism assemblies includes at least one attachment for attracting the workpiece.
Claims3
An apparatus for carrying a single workpiece between a workpiece delivery location and a press comprising:
- at least two workpiece carrying mechanism assemblies, each of which includes
- an attachment for holding and carrying said workpiece between the workpiece delivery location and said press,
- a first horizontal movement mechanism for horizontally moving said attachment in a first horizontal direction between the workpiece delivery location and said press, and
- a vertical movement mechanism for vertically moving said attachment, said workpiece carrying mechanism assemblies performing biaxial movement of the respective attachments in the first horizontal and vertical directions independently of each other so as to simultaneously carry said single workpiece between the work delivery location and said press on a given route of travel.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.