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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. 28, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Giorgio Marinoni, Turin, IT;
Arturo Baroncelli, Caraglio, IT;
Assignee:
Comau S.p.A., Grugliasco, IT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
721420 ; 414797 ; 72424 ;
Abstract
A semifinished part feed unit having an indexing table for transferring a stack of semifinished parts from a loading station to a pickoff station; a robot handling fixture for transferring one part at a time from the pickoff station to a press; a detecting device for detecting the characteristics and the position assumed by the stack in the pickoff station; and a control and processing system for generating control signals for the handling fixture in response to input signals from the detecting device.