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Cbw Automation, Inc.

Torsten H Lindbom

David E Carson

Curtis D Guinn

Michael S Thornton

A stacked container handling system includes an input section having an input conveyor onto which a box, containing a multiplicity of empty stacked containers arranged in a matrix of rows and columns of vertical stacks of containers, is manually or automatically placed in upside down position. Following removal of the box to expose the matrix of vertical stacks of containers, the vertical stacks of containers are moved forward by the input conveyor to a hinged lay-down table that rotates from an upright position in which one row at a time of the stacked containers is received to a horizontal position from which the received row of stacked containers is unloaded. The stacked container handling system may also include an output section having an output accumulation conveyor that serves to move a desired number of horizontal stacks of containers onto a lift table having a hinged bed that rotates from a horizontal position to an upright position. When the hinged bed is in the upright position, the stacks of containers retained thereon are engaged by an output conveyor that unloads the stacks as a row of vertical stacks of containers and that moves forward incrementally to allow sequential unloading of subsequent rows of vertical stacks of containers from the hinged bed of the lift table until a desired matrix of rows and columns of vertical stacks of containers has been accumulated on the output conveyor. Following manual or automatic placement of a box over the matrix of vertical stacks of containers, the box and matrix of vertical stacks of containers covered thereby are conveyed to a box turner that turns the box 180 degrees to the upright position and then deposits the upright box of vertical stacks of containers onto a roller or other conveyor.

Stacked container handling apparatus and process

An endless loop conveyor system is disclosed wherein a plurality of carriers are moved to one or more work stations and one or more buffer stations so that a product may be assembled on each carrier at the work stations. Power is extracted from a continuously moving belt by holding the belt against a power wheel with an L-shaped member. A variable ratio transmission having a pair of power transmitting wheels, one contacting the power wheel, the other contacting a drive wheel, uses the extracted power to accelerate or decelerate each carrier depending on the locations of contact. A non-contacting position is provided for rest at a work station.

Carrier moving apparatus with variable ratio transmission

A robotic welding apparatus has means for moving a tool assembly through a three dimensional space and along a computer controlled path. The tool assembly and a welding torch can be rotated about intersecting axes so as to change either or both the lead or drag angle and the weld angle of the welding torch.

Robotic apparatus and method for automatically moving a tool through

A teaching device is provided for use in teaching a computer a program for moving a tool through a three dimensional space and along a predetermined path having a socket at one end for attachment to the tool and at its other end a cavity in which a ball is seated so that the ball may contact and be moved over means defining the predetermined path. Preferably, the teaching device forms a part of an electric circuit used in protecting the teaching device from destruction or other damage.

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Fort Collins, CO, United States of America

Torsten H Lindbom