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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:
Mar. 09, 1982
Filed:
May. 28, 1980
James W Calvert, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Charles P Shinkle, Bethel, OH (US);
Cincinnati Milacron Inc., Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for transporting products to and from the machine function operating stations of an integrated machine. The apparatus provides a table for carrying the products which is rotatably indexed by a drive system as required by the overall machine cycle of operation. The indexing drive system comprises an indexer, a driving motor, a brake, means for monitoring the orientation of the table and indexer input and circuitry operative to control the motor and brake to execute the cycle of operation of the indexer while simultaneously initiating activity of the machine operating station mechanisms in accordance with the disclosed method.