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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:
Nov. 03, 1992
Filed:
Aug. 21, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ronald D Cole, Danville, IL (US);
Assignee:
Automation International, Inc., Danville, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23K / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
228212 ; 29430 ; 29563 ; 29 3 / ; 29795 ; 228 47 ;
Abstract
Palletized, unassembled workpieces are transported by a carousel to successive work stations at which pallets are deposited on work tables. The tables and each of the pallets are provided with registering mechanism so that the workpieces are identically located in each station. Robotic welding or other tasks requiring a high degree of repetitive accuracy can be performed at each station to fabricate the workpieces into finished or semi-finished end products. Both the depositing of pallets on and lifting them from the work tables can be accomplished at a creep speed.