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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:
Jun. 24, 1997
Filed:
Dec. 21, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mitsutoshi Kuno, Sagamihara, JP;
Hidehiko Fujioka, Yamato, JP;
Nobutoshi Mizusawa, Yamato, JP;
Yuji Chiba, Isehara, JP;
Takao Kariya, Hino, JP;
Koji Uda, Yokohama, JP;
Shunichi Uzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Eigo Kawakami, Ebina, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
414751 ; 1984641 ; 294907 ; 414786 ;
Abstract
A method of controlling a conveying device having a gripping hand for gripping an article to be conveyed and a conveying mechanism for conveying the gripping hand, wherein a pressing force applied to the gripping hand through the article being conveyed is detected and the conveying operation of the conveying mechanism is stopped when the pressing force exceeds a predetermined force.