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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 1995
Filed:
Sep. 25, 1992
Hisao Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Tokitsu, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kasahara, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyoe Imai, Tokyo, JP;
Kouichi Yumita, Tokyo, JP;
Tadashi Munakata, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshinobu Ishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Etuo Minamihama, Mieken, JP;
Takatomo Izume, Saitamaken, JP;
Yasuharu Ujiie, Tokyo, JP;
Masamichi Kato, Mieken, JP;
Japan Tobacco, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method and an apparatus for carrying a workpiece for improving efficiency in a workpiece carrying operation. In the apparatus, a moving member having a workpiece holding member is driven with a linear motion in a horizontal plane along a carrier passage, and the workpiece holding member is driven with a revolutional motion in a vertical plane around a revolution axis displaced from a center of the workpiece holding member, while the workpiece holding member maintains an orientation in which a holder holding the workpiece points downwards. The holder of the workplece holding member is controlled to sequentially carry out holding of the workpiece and releasing of the workpiece at lowest positions of the workpiece holding member in the revolutional motion, so as to realize a continuous workpiece carrying operation.