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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1982
Filed:
Apr. 16, 1971
Applicant:
Inventors:
Ridge W McNeir, Garland, TX (US);
Claude D Head, III, Dallas, TX (US);
Assignee:
Texas Instruments Incorporated, Dallas, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
364468 ; 364132 ; 235 / ;
Abstract
An automated assembly line is operated and controlled by a computer system. When one or more work stations are inherently 'unsafe' to the workpieces which enter them if such workpieces remain at the unsafe work stations for an extended length of time, the computer is operated to prevent a workpiece from entering such 'unsafe' work stations, until the closest 'safe' downstream work stations are vacant.