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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. 24, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983431 ; 1984761 ; 1984781 ; 198802 ;
Abstract
A rotary index apparatus for treating an article at predetermined positions while the article is conveyed, has an indexing conveyor unit with a plurality work support tables, a rotary disk unit rotated at a constant speed and having a plurality of swinging arms at its periphery for provision of an intermittent motion to the work support tables, and a cam unit having a guide passage, which engages with a cam follower of each swinging arm for provision of a special swinging motion. Thus, the work support table are stopped at predetermined positions for a predetermined time while the work support tables is conveyed along the indexing conveyor unit.