Transfer method using walking beam gripper
AssigneePhase 2 Automation
InventorRichard J. Carlton
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Abstract
A method for transporting annular disks is disclosed in which the disks, stored in a cassette, are loaded onto a cantilever as a group, transported to another location, and unloaded singly by a walking beam motion along the cantilever. The process is reversed for loading the disks into a cassette.
Claims4
A method for transferring a plurality of annular disks, by way of cantilever means having a free end and a fixed end, from a cassette to a planar pallet having a plurality of apertures, each for containing a single disk,
- loading said plurality of disks from said cassette onto said cantilever means by inserting said cantilever through the holes in the middle of said annular disks;
- transporting said disks on said cantilever means to said pallet;
- unloading a first disk from the free end of said cantilever means into one of said apertures in said pallet;
- advancing the remaining disks to the free end of said cantilever means by a walking beam motion;
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- unloading the next disk from the free end of said cantilever means into another aperture in said pallet.
A method for transferring a plurality of annular disks, by way of cantilever means having a free end and a fixed end, from a planar pallet having a plurality of apertures each for containing one of said disks to a cassette, comprising the steps of:
- loading said plurality of disks singly on to the free end of said cantilever means;
- advancing said disks toward the fixed end of said cantilever means by a walking beam motion;
- transporting said disks on said cantilever means to said cassette;
- and
- unloading said disks into said cassette by placing said disks in said cassette and removing said cantilever means from the holes in the middle said annular disks.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.