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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:
May. 19, 1998
Filed:
Sep. 20, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenji Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ando Electric Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
340540 ; 340674 ; 340679 ; 340686 ; 414277 ; 414674 ; 414787 ;
Abstract
An autohandler for supplying a lot of feed trays carrying samples and for removing a lot of return trays loaded with tested samples. A loading mechanism has a feed tray elevator containing samples to be tested. An unloading mechanism has a return tray elevator for receiving return trays containing tested samples. An empty tray storage unit stores empty trays. A tray transfer hand transfers the trays. A sensor detects the feed tray elevator position. The sensor actuates an alarm when the feed tray elevator is almost empty.