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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, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 20, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Paul A Hakenewerth, Charlotte, NC (US);
Gene D Rohrer, Concord, NC (US);
Nils G Stalberg, Lidingo, SE;
Assignee:
International Business Machines, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G06F / ; B25J / ; E01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
235379 ; 235381 ; 414225 ; 901 16 ; 902 36 ;
Abstract
Transfer of articles of different types between article handling devices within the apparatus and the user outside of it is effected through a limited number of access ports by an article gripping and transporting robot that undergoes multi-directional translational movement and that is capable of gripping articles of different kinds, sizes and shapes. The robot may be and preferably is also used to perform maintenance services upon article handling devices of the apparatus.