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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Dec. 31, 2019

Filed:

Jun. 07, 2018
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiro Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;

Kensuke Uehara, Atsugi, JP;

Yoshitaka Okazaki, Kashiwa, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 39/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 43/08 (2006.01); B23Q 15/22 (2006.01); B23Q 16/00 (2006.01); G05B 19/418 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 15/22 (2013.01); B23Q 16/005 (2013.01); G05B 19/41815 (2013.01); B23Q 2707/16 (2013.01); G05B 2219/31276 (2013.01);
Abstract

A production apparatus includes a workbench, a movement apparatus, a conveyance apparatus, a motion detector, and a control unit. The movement apparatus configured to move the workpiece on the workbench to a predetermined delivery position. The conveyance apparatus configured to convey the workpiece moved to the predetermined delivery position to an adjacent production apparatus. The motion detector configured to detect conveyance motion of the conveyance apparatus of the adjacent production apparatus. The control unit configured to operate the movement apparatus to move the workpiece on the workbench to the predetermined delivery position. If conveyance motion of the conveyance apparatus of the adjacent production apparatus is detected by the motion detector, the control unit operates the conveyance apparatus to convey the workpiece to a delivery position of the adjacent production apparatus.


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