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US 6,276,284 B1Granted
Side-by-side robot workcell
AssigneeGenesis Systems Group, Ltd.
InventorsFred K. Remley, Jan C. Mangelsen
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Abstract
A side-by-side robot workcell includes two tables each of which is movable from a work position to a load position. Linkages are connected to the tables and cause the tables to have a slow speed at the time the tables approach either the load or the work position, and a faster speed in the middle of the movement between the work and load positions.
Claims16
A work piece cell comprising:
- a frame;
- a work piece table adapted to hold a work piece;
- a hinge mechanism connecting said work piece table to said frame for movement about a pivot axis from a load position to a work position;
- a link member connected to said hinge mechanism and being movable back and forth between a first position and a second position for causing said work piece table to move about said pivot axis between said load and said work positions respectively;
- a power member connected to said frame and to said link member for causing movement of said link member between said first and second positions;
- a counter biasing member connected to said frame and to said link member and exerting a counter biasing force on said link member in a direction opposite to a force exerted by said power member during at least a portion of the time that said power member moves said link member between said first and second positions.
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A side by side work piece cell comprising:
- a frame;
- a first work piece table and a second work piece table;
- a first hinge mechanism mounting said first work piece table for pivotal movement about a first pivotal axis between a first work position and a first load position;
- a second hinge mechanism mounting said second work piece table for pivotal movement about a second pivotal axis between a second work position and a second load position;
- said first and second work piece tables being in side by side relation when in said first and second work positions, respectively;
- a first link member connected to said first hinge mechanism;
- a first power member connected to said frame and to said first link member and being capable of exerting a first power force on said first link member to cause said first work piece table to move about said first pivot axis between said first load position and said first work position;
- a first counter biasing member connected to said frame and to said first link member and exerting a first counter biasing force on said first link member in a direction opposite to said first power force exerted by said first power member during at least a portion of the time that said first power member moves said first work piece table between said first load position and said first work position;
- a second link member connected to said second hinge mechanism;
- a second power member connected to said frame and to said second link member and being capable of exerting a second power force said second link member to cause said second work piece table to move about said second pivot axis between said second load position and said second work position;
- a second counter biasing member connected to said frame and to said second link member and exerting a second counter biasing force on said second link member in a direction opposite to said second power force exerted by said second power member during at least a portion of the time that said second power member moves said second work piece table between said second load position and said second work position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.