| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 198346100 | Means to convey a palleted load back and forth between an initial location and the work station | 11 |
| 20090000907 | PALLET EXCHANGER - A pallet exchanger capable of providing a sufficient operation space on an operator's access side, for example, in front of a machining space, without increasing the size of the exchanger is provided. | 01-01-2009 |
| 20090294249 | Device For Transporting Workpiece Holders - A device is described for transporting workpiece holders between multiple processing stations, a traction mechanism conveyor line being provided having at least one conveyor unit and at least one transfer unit for transferring the workpiece holders between the traction mechanism conveyor line and a processing station. The workpiece holders lie loosely on the traction mechanism conveyor line and project laterally beyond the traction mechanism conveyor line, and the transfer unit is situated at least partially below the conveyor plane and movable perpendicular thereto in such a way that the workpiece holders are graspable from below by the transfer unit at their area projecting beyond the traction mechanism conveyor line. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100213027 | Conveyor-Based Memory-Module Tester with Elevators Distributing Moving Test Motherboards Among Parallel Conveyors For Testing - A conveyor-stack test system has motherboards that test memory modules. The motherboards are not stationary but are placed inside movable trays that move along conveyors. A loader-unloader removes tested memory modules from test sockets on the motherboards and inserts untested memory modules into the motherboards using a robotic arm. A conveyor carries the motherboards from the loader-unloader to an elevator. The elevator raises or lowers the motherboards to different levels in a conveyor stack with multiple levels of conveyors each with many test stations. The motherboards move along conveyors in the conveyor stack until reaching test stations. A retractable connector from the test station extends to make contact with a motherboard connector to power up the motherboard, which then tests the memory modules. Test results are communicated from the test station to a host controller, which instructs the loader-unloader to sort the tested memory modules once the motherboard returns. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20110186403 | Drive for pallet changer - An automatic machining system having one or more pallets each mounted with respect to a moveable bed, for transporting one or more workpieces to and/or from an automated machine tool, for machining each workpiece. According to this invention, a driver shaft and a driven shaft can be longitudinally aligned with respect to each other, so that there is no need for a gear system and/or a transmission device, for transferring power from a driver shaft to the driven shaft. | 08-04-2011 |
| 20110303508 | OPERATION PLATFORM FOR LOADING AND UNLOADING WORKPIECES - An operation platform disposed on a substrate includes two guiding rail, two first driving devices, a carrying board and a second driving device. Each of the guiding rails includes a fixed bracket, a movable bracket and a plurality of rollers. The movable bracket received in the fixed bracket includes a pair of second sidewalls. Each second sidewall includes a plurality of bevels having a top portion and a bottom portion. The rollers positioned to the fixed bracket engage with the bevels to move perpendicularly to the substrate. The carrying board disposed on the guiding rails to support workpieces includes a plurality of supporting blocks. The first and second driving devices are used to drive the movable brackets and the carrying board respectively. | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120145515 | Workpiece Support Systems and Related Machines - In some aspects, a workpiece processing installation includes an operating area, an operating pallet able to be moved along a transport direction between a position within the operating area and a position outside the operating area, the operating pallet being configured to support a workpiece, and a pallet support that is configured to be transferred from a first position, in which the pallet support defines a storage area for the storage of the operating pallet outside the operating area, to a second position in which the pallet support protrudes away from the operating area in the transport direction to a lesser extent than it does in the first position. Transferring the pallet support from the first position to the second position includes moving at least a portion of the pallet support towards the operating area which results in the storage area defined by the pallet support becoming smaller. | 06-14-2012 |
| 20130020175 | SAMPLE TRANSPORT SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Sample transport systems are described that move a sample carrier from one station to a next station in a sample processing systems. The systems include: a translating member; two or more sample carrier retaining devices attached to the translating member, wherein each of the two or more sample carrier retaining devices can include a retainer portion to temporarily retain one or more sample carriers; and a movement mechanism to move the translating member and the attached sample carrier retaining devices between a first position and a second position; wherein the sample carrier retaining devices are controlled and moved simultaneously to retain a sample carrier when the translating member reaches the first position and to release a sample carrier when the translating member reaches the second position to successively advance sample carriers in the sample processing systems. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20140076688 | OPTIMIZATION OF CONVEYOR BELTS USED FOR WORKPIECE PROCESSING - A system and method for the handling of workpieces in a workpiece processing system is disclosed. The system utilizes three conveyor belts, where one may be a loading belt, feeding unprocessed workpieces from its associated workpiece carrier to a processing system. A second conveyor belt may be an unloading belt, receiving processed workpieces from the processing system and filling its associated workpiece carrier. The third conveyor belt may be exchanging its workpiece carrier during this time, so that it is available to start operating as the loading belt once all of the workpieces have been removed from the workpiece carrier associated with the first conveyor belt. | 03-20-2014 |
| 20140151186 | ROTARY PALLET POOL - A rotary pallet device for delivering a pallet to an automated machine, such as a CNC vertical machining center. A pallet is mounted to a retractable slide. The retractable slide is movably mounted with respect to a rotatable platform. An operator or worker accesses one or more stations, each with a rotatable door that at least partially houses a receiver for a pallet and/or a workpiece. | 06-05-2014 |
| 20150034453 | Handling Workpieces at a Workpiece Support - A device for handling workpieces at a workpiece support defining a workpiece support plane includes a bearing structure extending with a main plane of the bearing structure parallel to the workpiece support plane. The bearing structure has bearing structure segments arranged next to one another parallel to the main plane, and the bearing structure segments define a planar extent of the bearing structure in the main plane. The device includes a guide device for the bearing structure segments, and the bearing structure segments are guided on the guide device such that the bearing structure segments can be positioned parallel to the main plane of the bearing structure. The device also includes retaining elements provided with the bearing structure segments, and the retaining elements are configured to be positioned on a workpiece and to be handled to fix the workpiece. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150053529 | FLEXIBLE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM - A flexible manufacturing system that makes it possible to give a higher priority to machining of a workpiece that is a super-urgent item is provided. When a pallet to which a workpiece, which is a super-urgent item, is attached is loaded on a loading station, a second controller gives a command to a conveyor to convey a pallet to which a workpiece, which is a normal item, is attached and which is located at a standby position of a pallet changer to a pallet storage room. Then, the second controller controls the conveyor to convey the pallet to which the workpiece, which is the super-urgent item, is attached and which is loaded on the loading station to the standby position. | 02-26-2015 |
