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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:
Dec. 12, 1995
Filed:
Oct. 22, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jay A Glaspy, Jr, Rochester, NY (US);
Marta A Galuga, Rochester, NY (US);
Assignee:
Xerox Corporation, Stamford, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395 82 ; 395 80 ; 395 85 ; 395 88 ; 395 94 ; 395 99 ; 901-4 ; 901 41 ; 318567 ; 31856823 ; 31856825 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a method and apparatus for defining the critical characteristics of a pallet, or tray, used to supply workpieces to an automated, flexible assembly station or workcell. Once the characteristics are described and stored in memory, they may be used to uniquely identify workpieces which are determined to be defective during the automatic assembly operations.