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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:
Oct. 10, 1995
Filed:
Aug. 06, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Henry F Thorne, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Assignee:
Cycle Time Corporation, Pittsburgh, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
31856811 ; 31856813 ; 901-9 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a tool center point calibration apparatus and method for accurately determining appropriate tool center points for a robot to allow for proper tool alignment and correction of robot programs. The calibration apparatus includes a calibration beam on a single line.