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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:
Oct. 30, 2001
Filed:
Jan. 21, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Ole Arnt Anfindsen, Sandnes, NO;
Assignee:
ABB Flexible Automation AS, Bryne, NO;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/100 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B05C 1/100 ;
Abstract
A plant is adapted to feed paint to robots for automatic spray application of paint on objects provided with a container (,) made loosenable and removable from the robot for exchange for another such container when there is a desire to have more paint in the container and/or change paint. The plant has a station (,) with containers filled with paint, a transport device (,) with means (,) for transporting a container containing paint from said station when said desire arises to the robot and deliver this thereto as well as means adapted to receive a container to be exchanged from the robot and transport it away for taking care thereof.