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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:
Apr. 02, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shozo Kasai, Kawasaki, JP;
Takeo Tanita, Kawasaki, JP;
Masateru Yasuhara, Kawasaki, JP;
Yusaku Azuma, Yokohama, JP;
Toshihiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Norio Nikaido, Tsuchiura, JP;
Ryohei Inaba, Kawasaki, JP;
Mitsuo Arai, Chichibu, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414786 ; 221134 ; 901-7 ;
Abstract
A method for feeding articles to a robot comprises the steps of temporarily storing a plurality of containers in a temporary storing device including a rest on which the plurality of containers are stacked and a separator for simultaneously separating the stacked containers from each other, stocking a plurality of containers supplied from the temporary storing device in a stocker, and feeding the stocked containers to the robot one-by-one.