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| 20080213078 | PICK AND PLACE APPARATUS - A pick and place apparatus includes a plurality of device holing elements in a predetermined arrangement; a power supply mechanism for supplying a power for controlling a horizontal pitch between the plurality of device holding elements; a power transmission mechanism for delivering the power from the power supply mechanism to the plurality of device holding elements as a translational force in a horizontal direction; a first linear motion guide mechanism for guiding horizontal movements of some of the plurality of device holding elements; and a second linear motion guide mechanism disposed below the first linear motion guide mechanism, for guiding horizontal movements of the other device holding elements. The plurality of device holding elements are slidably coupled to the first and the second linear motion guide mechanism alternately. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20080240899 | CARD-HOLDING DEVICE IN A CARD-PROCESSING APPARATUS - In a card processing apparatus a card tray and, a card-transporting device are provided. A device for sensing the position or detention of a card in the card tray and a holding device for a card that has stopped in an irregular manner in the card tray due to manipulation of the card-processing apparatus, are also included. The holding device is activated if a change in the position of the card is not detected even though a conveying signal has been issued to the card-conveying device. | 10-02-2008 |
| 20080267757 | Apparatus for Forming Stacks of Panels and Feeding them to a User Station - An apparatus for forming stacks ( | 10-30-2008 |
| 20080286085 | Media Transportation Mechanism And Media Processing Device Having The Media Transportation Mechanism - A media transportation mechanism and a media processing device enabling carrying media without transportation errors or picking errors by accurately detecting if media is present. A media transportation mechanism | 11-20-2008 |
| 20090074554 | MANIPULATOR - A manipulator includes an end effector, a support member that supports the end effector, and a fixing member provided to the support member and made of a tube-shaped flexible film with a space therein. In the manipulator, a fluid is supplied to the space of the fixing member to inflate the fixing member so that a flexible cover for covering the end effector is fixed to the support member. Accordingly, cleanness of the end effector is restored. | 03-19-2009 |
| 20090129910 | METHOD AND A SYSTEM FOR TRANSFERRING OF ITEMS - Method and system for transferring items ( | 05-21-2009 |
| 20090196725 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR BUFFERING CONTAINERS WITH PLANTS - The invention relates to a method for buffering containers ( | 08-06-2009 |
| 20090232631 | SUBSTRATE HOLDING APPARATUS, SUBSTRATE TRANSFERRING ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCTION APPARATUS - A substrate holding apparatus includes a base plate with a two-pronged portion, a holding plate arranged above the base plate, a driving portion provided therebetween, a holding portion formed by a tip end of the two-pronged portion and a tip end of the holding plate, and a guide portion provided at the tip end of the two-pronged portion for guiding a part of the substrate. The driving portion includes an urging means for always urging a basal end side of the holding plate upward, an electric magnetic portion for drawing the holding plate toward the base plate, and a bearing portion arranged at on the tip end side of the base plate. The guide portion has a guide groove which comes into contact with a part of a periphery of the substrate. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090245993 | MANIPULATOR - An exemplary manipulator includes a main body, a plurality of holding devices, and a supporting arm. The main body includes four connecting surfaces. The holding devices are connected to the connecting surfaces of the main body. The holding devices are configured to seize and release grasping members. Each of the grasping members defines four latching holes. The holding devices are capable of abutting inner surfaces of the latching holes. The supporting arm is fixed to the main body, and configured to rotate with the main body. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20090297319 | COMPOSITE FOR AUTOMATED HANDLING DEVICE - A composite support arm for an automated handling device includes an elongated tubular body having an outer metal layer and an inner fibrous reinforcement layer adjacent to the outer metal layer. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100034631 | METHOD FOR CONVEYING OBJECTS - A method for conveying especially light objects ( | 02-11-2010 |
| 20100040449 | Apparatus For Mounting A Flip Chip On A Substrate - The invention relates to an apparatus for mounting semiconductor chips as flip chip on a substrate. The apparatus comprises means for supplying the semiconductor chips, a pick-and-place system with a bonding head with a chip gripper, a flipping apparatus with a gripper and two cameras. The first camera is used for determining the actual position of the semiconductor chip that is provided by the said means for mounting before the flipping apparatus receives the semiconductor chip, and it is used to determine the actual position of the flip chip received by the chip gripper of the bonding head once the flipping apparatus has transferred the semiconductor chip. The apparatus comprises an optical switch in accordance with the invention, e.g., a rotatably held mirror which is located in the field of view of the first camera. In operation, the mirror is rotated simultaneously with the gripper of the flipping apparatus, but only by half the angle. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100047051 | DEVICE FOR TREATING AND/OR HANDLING ARTICLES - A device for treating and/or handling articles ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20100074722 | PART MOUNTING DEVICE - A part mounting apparatus of the invention comprises: a pickup head having a pickup tool for picking up a part; a pickup head supporting unit for supporting the pickup head; a pickup head supporting arm having one end portion where the pickup head is disposed and an other end portion rotatably mounted to the pickup head supporting unit; a pickup head inverting unit for vertically inverting the pickup head with respect to the pickup head supporting unit; and a pickup tool rotating unit for rotating the pickup tool about a rotational axis of the pickup tool, wherein the pickup tool rotating unit includes driving force generating unit and driving force transmitting unit for transmitting a driving force of the driving force generating unit as a rotational force of the pickup tool, and the driving force generating unit is disposed on the pickup head supporting unit. | 03-25-2010 |
| 20100098523 | Device For Conveying And Removing Glass Waste In A Machine For Filling Vials - Device for conveying and removing glass waste, of the type which is associable to a sealing station of glass vials in a machine for filling the vials, operating in a chamber in which there is a controlled atmosphere. The glass waste are unloaded by gripping means, provided in the sealing station, in a hopper located laterally of said sealing station and conveyed, by means of conveyor organs, to a collection container of such waste, which is positioned in a different environment from the controlled-atmosphere one. | 04-22-2010 |
| 20100178148 | PLASTIC CONTAINER HAVING GRIPPING GROOVE - The invention relates to a container ( | 07-15-2010 |
| 20100202866 | Transfer System - In a transfer system, transport beams are displaced in three types of motions, i.e. toward each other, along a longitudinal extension thereof for advancement, and up and down. Two of these types of motions are triggered by a double-function motor. Such a double-function motor includes a shaft, which simultaneously rotates and displaces back and forth in linear fashion along the longitudinal extension thereof. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100290885 | DETECTING COMPONENT CARRIER TAPE SPLICING - In one aspect, detecting a splice connection along a component carrier tape extending from a component carrier tape feeder in a feeder slot on a pick-and-place machine having a pickup head is accomplished by scanning a section of a component carrier tape with a sensor, the sensor attached to the pick-and-place machine and positioned above or below a path of the component carrier tape, and detecting a splice connection with the sensor, the sensor generating a signal in response to detecting the splice connection such that the detection of the splice connection indicates the component carrier tape splice and such that the sensor is mounted such that relative position of the sensor with respect to the component carrier tape path is not affected by removal of the component carrier tape feeder slot or movement of the pickup head. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100310348 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING PRODUCTS - An apparatus for transferring products for ice-cream parlors comprises a pick-up device ( | 12-09-2010 |
| 20110027058 | ASSEMBLY METHOD OF TRANSFER MECHANISM AND TRANSFER CHAMBER - An assembly method is capable of assembling a transfer mechanism which transfers a target and includes a pick unit for holding the target, a slide unit for sliding the pick unit and a drive unit for driving the slide unit. The assembly method includes installing a lifting mechanism for lifting the units at a ceiling portion of a transfer chamber where the transfer mechanism is accommodated; and assembling the units loaded into the transfer chamber inside the transfer chamber by using the lifting mechanism. | 02-03-2011 |
| 20110064555 | Gripper unit for supporting and transporting articles - A gripper unit for transport systems for supporting and transporting articles. A gripper unit that includes a gripper head with at least two gripper arms which can be opened and closed against each other. The top of the article to be gripped and to be transported is supported in the opening formed between the gripper arms. Besides, the gripper unit includes a shifting unit. | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110064556 | EDGE GRIP END EFFECTOR - An end effector blade ( | 03-17-2011 |
| 20110076125 | SINGLE-BRIDGE MANIPULATOR MANEUVERING SYSTEM - In one aspect, the invention is directed to a load maneuvering system that includes a pair of runway rails, a bridge that is movable on the runway rails and that includes a single bridge rail, a carriage that is movable on the single bridge rail, and a manipulator supported by the carriage. The bridge rail is configured to support the assembly of the carriage and manipulator when a load is carried by the manipulator and a resultant moment is imposed on the bridge rail. The moment may be imposed in a direction about the bridge axis, in a direction about the runway axis, or a combination of the two. By providing a single bridge rail with an enclosed member as part of (or the entirety of) the bridge rail, the overall system is lighter and requires less power for movement of the bridge on the runway rails, and requires less power to move the carriage on the bridge. Additionally, the assembly is simplified relative to some load maneuvering systems of the prior art thereby making it less expensive to manufacture. | 03-31-2011 |
| 20110123306 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING VIALS - There is provided a device and method for arranging a vial, which can efficiently arrange a plurality of vials in the same arrangement place. A device for arranging a vial includes an arm member | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110182709 | Method for Speed Optimizing a Robot - The invention relates to a method for speed optimizing a robot which is configured to carry out a plurality of product transfer procedures which follow one another and in which products are transferred from a pick-up region into a placement region, wherein at least one first transfer procedure is repeatedly carried out at which a first kind of product is picked up at a first predetermined pick-up location of the pick-up region and is placed down at a first predetermined placement location of the placement region, in which method an upper limit for the permitted kinematic load on the robot is defined and the speed at which the first transfer procedure is carried out is increased, starting from a starting speed at which the resulting kinematic load on the robot is in any case below the defined upper limit, during a teaching phase on every repetition of the first transfer procedure up to an ideal working speed at which the resulting kinematic load corresponds at least approximately to the defined upper limit. The invention also relates to a robot having a robot control for carrying out the method. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110194922 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOADING DRUMS INTO DRUM CONTAINER - An apparatus and method for loading drums into a drum container, in which a function of gripping a lid of the drum container is added to a gripper used when a drum filled with radioactive waste is loaded into the drum container, thereby considerably reducing loading time of the drums, risk of dropping the drum, and preventing a radiation exposure risk. The apparatus includes a drum feeder transferring a drum, a drum container into which the drums transferred through the drum feeder are sequentially loaded, a support frame on which a lid of the drum container is placed when the drums are being loaded, and a crane having a gripper that selectively grips and transfers the drum or the drum container lid. The gripper includes radial gripper arms, an arm hydraulic unit reciprocating the gripper arms, jaws on inner sides of the gripper arms and gripping an outer surface of the drum, and latches for latching the drum container lid. | 08-11-2011 |
| 20110255945 | CASH HANDLING SYSTEM - The invention relates to a system for transporting a sheaf of notes from a storage location to a dispensing outlet. The system comprises a conveyor apparatus, a carrier within which the sheaf is transported through the conveyor apparatus, and an extractor for removing the sheaf from the carrier. The carrier comprises a resiliently biased gripper for gripping the sheaf with a first gripping force. The extractor comprises an extraction gripping device configured to grip the sheaf with a second gripping force, which is greater than the first gripping force. | 10-20-2011 |
| 20120003073 | TOOLING DEVICE - Exemplary embodiments are directed to a tooling device which for connecting to a manipulator. The device includes a base unit and at least two manipulator modules each with a first and a second end. At least one degree of freedom in movement is provided between both ends of each manipulator module. The first end is connected with the base unit and a tool interface is provided at the second end. The tool interfaces are each moveable independently of the other relative to the base unit. At least one manipulator module is linearly moveable on its first end relative to the base unit. | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120014773 | HIGH THROUGHPUT METHOD OF IN TRANSIT WAFER POSITION CORRECTION IN A SYSTEM USING MULTIPLE ROBOTS - Methods correcting wafer position error are provided. The methods involve measuring wafer position error on a robot, e.g. a dual side-by-side end effector robot, during transfer to an intermediate station. This measurement data is then used by a second robot to perform wafer pick moves from the intermediate station with corrections to center the wafer. Wafer position correction may be performed at only one location during the transfer process. Also provided are systems and apparatuses for transferring wafers using an intermediate station. | 01-19-2012 |
| 20120027552 | RETRACTABLE ASSEMBLY - A retractable assembly for introducing an insertable device into a container through a container opening, comprising: a linear guide, which is releasably mountable on the container via a holder; and, guided along the linear guide, a slider, on which an articulated head is so seated, that it has at least two degrees of freedom perpendicular to the linear guide, wherein the insertable device is at least axially guided in the articulated head in the mounted state. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120114456 | HOLDING APPARATUS, CONVEYING APPARATUS, AND ROTATION-TRANSMITTING APPARATUS - A holding apparatus, a conveying apparatus, and a rotation-transmitting apparatus are provided that are capable of stably holding an object while suppressing an influence of a change in shape of the object and a fluctuation of a holding form. A conveying apparatus according to one form of the present invention includes a hand and a holding body provided on the hand. The holding body includes a holding member that includes a holding surface that comes into close contact with a holding object, the holding member being capable of holding a conveying object on the holding surface, and a viscoelastic member that is formed of a viscoelastic material and bonds the hand to the holding member. By the viscoelastic member being elastically deformed and the entire surface of the holding member being brought into close contact with the holding object, the conveying apparatus is capable of holding the conveying object on the hand. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120134769 | Methods, Systems, And Apparatus Adapted To Transfer Sample Containers - A method adapted to transfer a sample container such as a capped sample tube is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes gripping a sample tube body with a first gripper pair and a cap with a second gripper pair of a gripper apparatus. In another aspect, a seating member may contact the cap to aid in the positioning of the sample container. Apparatus and systems for carrying out the method are provided, as are other aspects. | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120201642 | Article Transfer Device and Stacker Crane Having Same - An article transfer device includes a placement support portion that is provided to a base platform and includes a pair of divided placement support portions for separately receiving and supporting both side portions, in the article lateral direction, of the bottom surface of an article, and a pair of clamp portions that can be projected and retracted along an article transfer direction with respect to the placement support portion and can be moved toward and away from each other by a clamp actuator between gripping positions and releasing positions that are spaced apart wider. The pair of divided placement support portions can be moved toward and away from each other within a movable range defined in the article lateral direction by a placement support portion actuator and to face each other in close proximity when located in approach limit positions of the movable range. | 08-09-2012 |
| 20120207574 | Gripper Assembly for Moving Device - A gripper assembly for use with a moving device. The moving device can be a mechanical device such as a robot. The gripper assembly includes a platform and an elongate arm extending from the platform. The elongate arm is in the form of least one elongate member. Each elongate member has a body which has a proximal end and an opposed distal end. A gripping mechanism is rotatably supported relative to the arm, and includes a holder having a pivoting arm pivotably joined to the body in the region of the distal end of the body. An actuator is in operable communication with the pivoting arm to impart pivotable movement to the pivoting arm and rotational movement to said gripping mechanism about a horizontal axis upon actuation of the actuator. The gripper assembly may have a center of mass substantially aligned with a vertical rotation axis of the gripper assembly. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120207575 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING PANEL MATERIAL IN A PRODUCTION LINE AND PRODUCTION LINE FOR PANEL MATERIAL - The invention relates to a device for transferring panel material in a production line, particularly for producing glass panels, solar cells, or flat glass, but also sheet metal parts or panel materials for producing furniture, plastic panels, etc. The device comprises a first arm ( | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120288352 | SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MULTIPLE COMPONENT PANE HANDLERS CONFIGURED TO HANDLE AND TRANSFER COMPONENT PANES - A system and method for transferring component panes from a component pane storage station to a vacuum table assembly are disclosed. The system includes a number of component pane handlers, for instance two handlers, and a pick and place mechanism or arm. The handler transfers the component panes from the station to the mechanism. The system includes an alignment module configured to facilitate spatial alignment of the component pane while the component pane is coupled to the handler. The module can be carried by the mechanism. Spatial alignment of the component pane can be substantially completed before transfer of the component pane from the handler to the mechanism. The mechanism includes a set of vacuum elements or pads that enables pick up of the component pane from the handler as well as release and pick up of the component pane at the vacuum table assembly. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20130004284 | TRANSPORT METHOD - By a transport robot having a hand provided with stationary clamp members and a movable clamp member which pinches a to-be-transported object S between the movable clamp member and the stationary clamp members, after transporting the to-be-transported object-S in a horizontal posture to a transport destination, the hand is lowered in a state in which the movable clamp member is receded to an unclamped position, thereby transferring the to-be-transported object onto a plurality of supporting pins which are disposed at the transport destination. In the method mentioned above, an arrangement is made that, even if the stationary clamp members give rise to dents due to wear, the to-be-transported object is arranged to be transferred onto the supporting pins without problems. | 01-03-2013 |
| 20130028697 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMPENSATION FOR DIMENSIONAL VARIATIONS IN LOW TEMPERATURE SAMPLE GROUP HOLDERS - In accordance with one or more aspects of the disclosed embodiment an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a pick head configured to transfer sample containers to and from a sample group holder, at least one sensor connected to the pick head and configured to detect at least one predetermined feature of the sample group holder, and a controller configured to receive a detection signal from the at least one sensor corresponding to detection of the at least one predetermined feature, determine a change in a predetermined characteristic of the sample group holder based on a detected position of the at least one predetermined feature, and determine a location of one or more samples in the sample group holder to allow for the transfer of the one or more sample containers to and from the sample group holder based on the edge detection signal. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130058752 | EQUIPMENT FOR TRANSFERRING BIOLOGICAL PRODUCT CONTAINERS WITH ADJUSTABLE INCLINATION OF ITS TRANSLATION AXIS - An equipment is described for transferring biological products containers from an interface support to a transport device and vice-versa for biological containers, positioned at different heights, comprising a frame to which a holding device for biological products containers is connected vertically mobile with respect to said frame and provided with fingers suitable to hold, transfer and release a container for biological products. Said frame is integer with sliding means along a bar fixed to an inclinable body, said inclinable body being in its turn rotatingly connected to a sustaining body, and regulation means for the inclination of said inclinable body, and consequently of said bar, with respect to said sustaining body being present in function of the difference of height existing between said interfacing support and said transport device for biological products containers. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130101378 | Device Used for Capturing Micro-Particles and a Micro-Particles Transporting Equipment Provided with the Device Thereof - A device used for capturing micro-particles, which comprises a pressure regulator, a micro-jet nozzle, and a hydraulic device for providing injection liquid for the micro-jet nozzle; wherein the micro-jet nozzle is provided with an annular jet hole, the annular jet hole having a bottom end, a top end, an inner diameter, an entrance port located at the top end, and an injection port located at the bottom end, the output of the pressure regulator is connected to the entrance port of the micro-jet nozzle. Compared with the prior art, in the present invention, the liquid is taken as the medium, a kind of upward support on the micro-particles and a flow-around lift force perpendicular to the jet direction are generated by the micro-jet nozzle with the annular jet hole, which jointly act on the micro-particles, so as to achieve the micro-particle capture. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130129462 | Substrate Conveyance Method and Substrate Conveyance System - [Object] To provide a wafer conveyance method and a wafer conveyance system that are able to quickly transfer a wafer without losing positional accuracy. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130136571 | Manipulation Apparatus - The invention relates to a manipulation device for manipulating and/or processing a workpiece, comprising a first motion unit ( | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130209210 | METHOD AND ASSEMBLY FOR TRANSPORTING SINGLE AND MULTIPLE REACTION VESSELS - A method and apparatus for transporting single and multiple reaction vessels. At least one reaction vessel is provided and at least one tray includes at least two seats for the at least one reaction vessel, and at least one gripper. One of the reaction vessel or the tray is engaged with the gripper at a first position. The gripped element is transported to a second position wherein the gripper is released. A gripping collar is provided both on the reaction vessel and the tray for the gripper to engage. At one transport stage one of the reaction vessel or the tray is engaged with the gripper at a first position by pushing the gripper from above to engage with the gripping collar and in a second stage the transported element is disengaged from the gripper by moving the gripper sideways in relation to the center axis of the gripping collar. | 08-15-2013 |
| 20130216348 | APPARATUS FOR TRANSFERRING A SOLAR WAFER OR SOLAR CELL DURING ITS FABRICATION - An apparatus for transferring a solar wafer or cell is disclosed, which comprises: i) a rotary motor; ii) a gripper for holding the solar wafer or cell; and a rotary arm connected between the rotary motor and the gripper, the rotary arm being drivable by the rotary motor in a first rotary direction through a transfer angle for transferring the solar wafer or cell between different positions. In particular, the apparatus further comprises an angle-compensating device configured to drive the gripper through a same transfer angle as the rotary arm in a second rotary direction opposite to the first rotary direction, to ensure that an angular orientation of the solar wafer or cell remains constant during rotation of the rotary arm. | 08-22-2013 |
| 20130287534 | Transportation Method and Transportation Device of Liquid Crystal Panel - The present invention provides a transportation method and a transportation device of a liquid crystal panel. The method includes (1) providing a transportation device, wherein the transportation device comprises a device body, linear rails mounted to the device body, a plurality of forks mounted in sequence to the linear rails, and servo motors mounted to the device body, the servo motors being coupled to the plurality of forks to drive the plurality of forks to slide along the linear rails; (2) adjusting spacing distance between the plurality of forks according to the size of a liquid crystal panel to be transported; (3) operating the transportation device to move the forks to a location under the liquid crystal panel to be transported in order to have the liquid crystal panel positioned on the plurality of forks; and (4) operating the transportation device to transport the liquid crystal panel to a designated site. | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130287535 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ARRANGING VIALS - There is provided a device and method for arranging a vial, which can efficiently arrange a plurality of vials in the same arrangement place. A device for arranging a vial includes an arm member | 10-31-2013 |
| 20130343855 | DISC DEVICE - The disc device includes a picker which conveys, in a horizontal direction, a magazine tray in which a plurality of discs are stored, a lifter which pushes out the plurality of discs from the magazine tray, and a carrier which shifts in a vertical direction, which retains in a stacked manner the plurality of discs pushed out by the lifter, and which supplies the discs to a plurality of disc drives, respectively. The lifter is flexibly mounted such that the lifter shifts relative to the picker in the horizontal direction. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140037417 | ROBOTIC PACKAGE LIFTING ASSEMBLY AND METHOD - Described herein are a robotic distribution apparatus, system and method. The robotic distribution system may include a Package Delivery Kiosk (PDK), associated frontend and backend package delivery management systems, a package inventory management system. The PDK includes a Robotic Package Lifting Assembly which may be configured to remember the location of packages and slots and provide for automated retrieval and placement of the packages. In an embodiment, a package retrieving apparatus includes a track, a base slidably interconnected with the track, and a vertical support interconnected with the base. The apparatus includes a package picker module oriented on the vertical support to vertically move on the vertical support. The package picker module including a conveyer belt oriented in a plane parallel to the ground and first and second grippers oriented parallel to the conveyer belt to surround and grip an object beyond the surface of the conveyer belt. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140064903 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING VEHICLE WHEELS - In a device for transferring vehicle wheels, an individual vehicle wheel can be gripped by a gripping module having at least one gripping unit which is supported by a frame structure and includes multiple pressing elements that can be pressed against one or more mating surfaces of an individual vehicle wheel. A first gripping module and a second gripping module are mounted on a common rigid support structure which can be rotated about a main axis of rotation by a rotating mechanism. Furthermore, the pressing elements move with a movement component running parallel to the main axis of rotation. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140064904 | COMPLIANT MICRO DEVICE TRANSFER HEAD WITH INTEGRATED ELECTRODE LEADS - A compliant micro device transfer head and head array are disclosed. In an embodiment a micro device transfer head includes a spring arm having integrated electrode leads that is deflectable into a space between a base substrate and the spring arm. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140064905 | Electroadhesive System for Capturing Objects - A “sticky boom” system facilitates physical control of foreign objects, such as those in a zero-gravity environment. The electroadhesive system includes an electrostatic adhesion pad that electrostatically and detachably adheres to a separate foreign object, as well as a boom coupled to the pad. The pad includes electrode(s) adapted to produce an electrostatic force between the pad and the object that maintains the position of the pad relative to the object. The boom provides control for positioning the pad relative to the object and also for movement of the pad and object combination when they are electrostatically adhered together. A sensing component detects when the pad is adhered to the foreign object, and a control mechanism coupled to the boom allows for control of the pad and object at a remote distance. Multiple foreign objects can be adhered simultaneously. Control can include location and/or rotational movement or deceleration of objects. | 03-06-2014 |
| 20140086717 | WORKPIECE CONVEYING ROBOT - A workpiece conveying robot includes a base unit, a moving unit configured to move with respect to the base unit, a driving mechanism that drives the moving unit, and a detection unit. The moving unit includes a hand on which a workpiece is to be placed. The detection unit serves to detect information about the workpiece. Specifically, the detection unit includes a sensor provided at the hand, a base unit-side terminal provided at the base unit, and a moving unit-side terminal provided at the moving unit and electrically connected to the sensor. The base unit-side terminal and the moving unit-side terminal are brought into contact with each other when the moving unit is at a predetermined position. | 03-27-2014 |
| 20140147240 | COMPONENT SUPPLY APPARATUS - A component supply apparatus capable of aligning components of various shapes, which are supplied in bulk, within a short period of time with general means. The apparatus includes a three-dimensional vision sensor measuring a depth map, a bulk component box, a robot picking up a component from the bulk component box, a temporary placing table onto which components are rolled, a two-dimensional vision sensor measuring a profile of the components, a robot group picking up the component rolled on the temporary placing table, and changing a position and orientation of the component into a position and orientation that involve an error of a certain level or less with respect to a position and orientation that are specified in advance, while changing the position and orientation of the component, and a control device controlling those portions. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140219764 | CENTERING GUIDE FOR WAFERS OF DIFFERENT SIZES - An apparatus for centering workpieces of different sizes, particularly wafers, featuring a single plane centering guide. The guide features a plate having a cutout region with a first arcuate cutout within which a portion of a circumference of a first circular workpiece is nestable and a second arcuate cutout adjacent to and deeper than the first arcuate cutout and centered along the cutout region within which a portion of a circumference of a smaller second circular workpiece is nestable. The arcuate cutouts and nested workpiece have centers of curvature along a common centerline that are collinear with a linear path. The workpiece delivery device horizontally moveable along the linear path, delivers a workpiece to the nesting position thereby centering the workpiece relative to the first or second arcuate cutout. From the centered position, the workpiece delivery device may deliver the workpiece to a predetermined position. | 08-07-2014 |
| 20140241843 | Mass Transfer Tool Manipulator Assembly - Systems and methods for transferring a micro device from a carrier substrate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a mass transfer tool manipulator assembly allows active alignment between an array of electrostatic transfer heads on a micro pick up array and an array of micro devices on a carrier substrate. Displacement of a compliant element of the mass transfer tool manipulator assembly may be sensed to control alignment between the array of electrostatic transfer heads and the array of micro devices. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140241844 | Micro Pick Up Array Mount With Integrated Displacement Sensor - Systems and methods for transferring a micro device from a carrier substrate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a mass transfer tool manipulator assembly allows active alignment between an array of electrostatic transfer heads on a micro pick up array and an array of micro devices on a carrier substrate. Displacement of a compliant element of the mass transfer tool manipulator assembly may be sensed to control alignment between the array of electrostatic transfer heads and the array of micro devices. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140241845 | Apparatus and Method of Batch Assembly - The present disclosure is directed to an apparatus and method of batch assembly. The apparatus for batch assembly may include a plurality of spring units, a plurality of handling units, and a control unit. The method of batch assembly may include aligning an array of devices with a plurality of handling units, attaching the array of devices onto the handling units, expanding the handling units so as to expand the array of devices from a first area to a second area, and transferring the array of devices to a destination. | 08-28-2014 |
| 20140271084 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC PITCH CONVERSION OF PICK AND PLACE HEADS, PICK AND PLACE HEAD AND PICK AND PLACE DEVICE - An apparatus for automatic pitch conversion for pick and place heads, comprising at least one auto pitch station for adjusting a pitch in a X-coordinate direction and/or adjusting a pitch in a Y-coordinate direction of pickers/grippers of a pick and place heads; a first actuator, operated by a motor gear assembly of the at least one auto pitch station, wherein the first actuator changes the pitch in the X-coordinate direction distance between rows of pickers/grippers of the respective pick and place head; and a second actuator operated by the same motor gear assembly, wherein the second actuator changes the pitch in the Y-coordinate direction between the pickers/grippers within a row of the respective pick and place head. A method for automatic pitch conversion of pick and place heads and a pick and place head and a pick and place device. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20150023772 | GATE VALVE WITH CONVEYOR FOR CARGO - A transport robot having a loading device ( | 01-22-2015 |
| 20150037129 | TRANSFER APPARATUS AND TRANSFER METHOD - A transfer apparatus includes a pair of hand units, a gripping mechanism that grips and releases an object by changing an interval between a pair of hands, a servomotor for a gripping action that drives the gripping mechanism, at least one spline shaft that supports the pair of hands so that the hands are able to move, a servomotor for an extending and contracting action that rotates the spline shaft, and an extension and contraction mechanism that is extended and contracted by rotation of the spline shaft so that the hands move to a gripping position or a releasing position. | 02-05-2015 |
| 20150044009 | MOBILE ROBOT FOR CABLE - A mobile robot for a cable includes a first gripper unit including a first main body, a first driving wheel unit disposed over the first main body and configured to have its wheels changed up and down, and a first support wheel unit disposed under the first main body; a second gripper unit including a second main body, a second driving wheel unit disposed over the second main body and configured to have its wheels changed up and down, and a second support wheel unit disposed under the second main body; and a link unit including first links fixed to the first gripper unit, second links fixed to the second gripper unit, and a link driving unit configured to control the angle of the first links and the second links that are fixed together by a main hinge unit so that they rotate at an angle. | 02-12-2015 |
| 20150078875 | ARRANGEMENT APPARATUS AND ARRANGEMENT METHOD - An arrangement apparatus and an arrangement method of allowing gripping devices to grip electrical conductors by using inexpensive, simple, and small-sized configurations. A stator manufacturing apparatus for arranging coil elements in a ring shape includes: a plurality of gripping devices that are arranged in a ring shape and grip coil elements; robot arms that supply the coil elements to the gripping devices; and a turntable that integrally rotates the plurality of gripping devices. According to this, the gripping devices are rotated by the turntable is aligned in a ring shape, and thus, the coil elements are supplied to the arrangement points by the robot arms and the plurality of coil elements can be aligned in a ring shape while gripped by the gripping devices. | 03-19-2015 |
| 20150118000 | DEVICE FOR TRANSFERRING STACKS OF BLISTER PACKS - The device for transferring stacks of blister packs comprises at least one transfer cassette for holding a stack of blister packs, the transfer cassette comprising a bottom element and at least two opposing side boundary elements. A transfer cassette motion unit serves to move the transfer cassette in the conveying direction and in a direction transverse to the conveying direction and is configured in such a way that the transfer cassette is movable from a loading position, in which it is loaded with the stack of blister packs, to an unloading position, in which the stack of blister packs is transferred to a compartment of a conveying device. During unloading, the transfer cassette is moved laterally out of the compartment and thus out of the unloading position in a direction transverse to the conveying direction, whereas the stack of blister packs remains on the conveying device. | 04-30-2015 |
| 20160068372 | Transfer Device and Carrier System - A transfer device that holds down a space occupied by a pair of hooks includes: a cargo placement part having a cargo placement surface for placing a cargo; a pair of hooks, each of which is rotated around a base end thereof between a protruding position where a tip thereof is engaged with a handle by protruding above the cargo placement surface and a retracting position where the tip thereof separates from the handle by retracting below the cargo placement surface. A slide arm moves the pair of hooks in the transferring direction with respect to the cargo placement part. When the pair of hooks is located in the retracting position, the hooks are arranged so as to be vertically superimposed by falling down sideways in a mutually approaching direction. | 03-10-2016 |
| 20160128243 | Automatic Component Loading System - An automatic component loading system is disclosed. The automatic component loading system has a loading device, a conveying device having a plurality of first pin receiving slots and a plurality of first component receiving trays positioned around a circumference of the conveying device, and a position correcting device having at least one pin that corresponds with the plurality of first pin receiving slots. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160141196 | MACHINE FOR TRANSFERRING MICRO-DEVICE - A machine for transferring at least one micro-device includes a carrier and a transfer device. The carrier includes a pedestal, a substrate, and at least one first cushion layer. The substrate allows the micro-device to be temporarily disposed thereon. The first cushion layer is disposed between the pedestal and the substrate. The transfer device includes a transfer head holder, transfer head, and at least one second cushion layer. The transfer head holder moves at least along a z-axis substantially perpendicular to the substrate. The transfer head has a grip force on the micro-device. The second cushion layer is disposed between the transfer head holder and the transfer head. | 05-19-2016 |
| 20160145055 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FEEDING ITEMS OF LAUNDRY TO A MANGLE OR TO SOME OTHER LAUNDRY-TREATMENT ARRANGEMENT - Items of laundry are fed from an input machine to a mangle or some other laundry-treatment arrangement. Operating personnel are employed to feed the input machine with the items of laundry. This is costly in terms of time and personnel. The invention makes provision for determining surface profiles of the items of laundry by means of imaging installations. From these surface profiles a location for the automatic gripping of the item of laundry or of a corner of same, and preferably also the position of the location or corner, is determined by electronic image processing, whereby the location or corner of the item of laundry can be securely gripped in an automatic and targeted manner. By virtue of the described measures, hitherto manual activities in front of the input machine can be easily performed in a reliable and fully-automatic mode. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160151955 | METHOD FOR EJECTING A VESSEL CARRIED BY A MANDREL BY ABUTMENT OF AN EJECTION FACE AGAINST A BEARING FACE OF THE NECK ARRANGED UNDER THE MOUTH OF THE VESSEL | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160167894 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR LOCATING A PREFORM ON A MOLD | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160176654 | MACHINE, PROCESS, CONTAINER AND PACKAGING FOR PACKING TETRAHEDRAL-SHAPED PRODUCTS | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160379863 | WAFER GRIPPER WITH NON-CONTACT SUPPORT PLATFORM - A wafer transport system includes a substantially horizontal non-contact support platform for supporting a wafer substantially horizontally at a substantially fixed vertical distance from the platform. A wafer gripping device includes wafer grippers to grip a surface of the wafer that is opposite the non-contact support platform. Each of the wafer grippers is mounted on a vertically flexible holder to enable the wafer gripper to adapt to a height of the wafer above the wafer gripping device while maintaining a substantial horizontal rigidity of the vertically flexible holder so as to prevent horizontal motion of the wafer relative to the wafer gripping device. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20190143466 | WORKPIECE REPLACING APPARATUS AND MACHINE TOOL | 05-16-2019 |
| 20190148209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ROBOTIC ARM SENSING | 05-16-2019 |
