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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 1999
Filed:
Feb. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
James Vaughn Brown, Amelia, OH (US);
David K Kuhl, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Michael J Ondrasek, Centerville, OH (US);
Assignee:
Motoman, Inc., West Carrollton, OH (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05B / ; G05B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
395 80 ; 395 87 ; 395 97 ; 901-2 ; 901 14 ; 901 15 ;
Abstract
A process and apparatus is provided for imparting linear motion to tooling. The tooling is attached to a manipulator device having two different length arms. The tooling may be moved linearly from a first point to a second point by adjusting the angles of the first and second arms for a number of intermediate points extending along a straight line between the first and second points and along which the tooling passes.