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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:
Dec. 31, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 22, 1984
Norman N Fender, Monroe, MI (US);
Mark S Davis, Schaumburg, IL (US);
Graco Robotics, Inc., Livonia, MI (US);
Abstract
Apparatus for attachment to an automated robot or other similar type of automatic machinery, for controlling paint spraying nozzles to provide additional degrees of freedom of spray direction and film coating, including a rack and pinion gearing housing attachable to the robot, one or more air cylinders mechanically linked to the rack and pinion gearing, a shaft rotatably coupled to the pinion gear and fixedly attached to one or more spray nozzles. Air activation of the air cylinders causes the pinion gearing mechanism to pivotally rotate about the shaft axis, rotatably positioning the spray nozzles in various preselected angular positions.