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US 5,343,999 AGranted
Feeding apparatus
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha N-Tech
InventorsKoji Yoshida, Shouichi Nishimura
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Abstract
A feeding apparatus including a base frame, a first movable frame which is movably supported on the base frame so as to move in a first direction, a second movable frame which is movably supported on the first movable frame so as to move in a second direction different from the first direction, servo-motors with drive pulleys on the base frame, first rollers provided on the first movable frame on opposite sides of the second movable frame, second rollers provided on the second movable frame, and a belt wound about the drive pulleys and the first and second rollers.
Claims13
A feeding apparatus comprising:
- a base frame;
- a first movable frame which is movably supported on the base frame so as to move in a first direction;
- a second movable frame which is movably supported on the first movable frame so as to move in a second direction different from the first direction;
- a plurality of separate drivers on the base frame;
- first rollers provided on the first movable frame on opposite sides of the second movable frame;
- second rollers provided on the second movable frame;
- and,
- a connecting band-like member connecting the separate drivers and the first and second rollers and wound about the first and second rollers so as to change the lengths of the portions of the connecting member that are located between the first and second rollers and the associated drivers when the latter are driven, said connecting band-like member being secured at opposite ends to the second movable frame.
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