Mechanized assembly work cell
AssigneeNorthrop Grumman Corporation
InventorGeorge N. Bullen
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Abstract
The invention is embodied in a tooling jig system, which includes an alignment frame having plural fiducial fastening devices at spaced locations thereon and a conveyor guide extending along a length of the alignment frame a magazine adjacent the alignment frame, including a magazine conveyor guide in alignment with the conveyor guide of the alignment frame, a conveyor frame including guide apparatus for confining movement of the conveyor frame along a line of travel coincident with the conveyor guides of the magazine and alignment frames during travel of the conveyor frame from the magazine to the alignment frame, plural fiducial fastening devices at spaced locations on the conveyor frame, and apparatus for moving the conveyor frame from a starting location in the magazine to an end-of-travel location in the alignment frame.
Claims14
A tooling jig system, comprising:
- an alignment frame having plural fiducial fastening devices at spaced locations thereon and a conveyor guide extending along a length of said alignment frame;
- and,
- a magazine adjacent said alignment frame, comprising:
- a magazine conveyor guide in alignment with the conveyor guide of said alignment frame,
- a conveyor frame including guide means for confining movement of said conveyor frame along a line of travel coincident with the conveyor guides of said magazine and alignment frame during travel of said conveyor frame from said magazine to said alignment frame,
- plural fiducial fastening devices at spaced locations on said conveyor frame, and
- means for moving said conveyor frame from a starting location in said magazine to an end-of-travel location in said alignment frame.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.