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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:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
May. 01, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Richard Knödler, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE;
Assignee:
Schuler Pressen GmbH & Co. KG, Goppingen, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/900 ; B65G 4/784 ; B65G 3/700 ; B65G 4/734 ; B65G 2/500 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 2/900 ; B65G 4/784 ; B65G 3/700 ; B65G 4/734 ; B65G 2/500 ;
Abstract
A transport system, particularly for forming machines for cold forming or warm forming, has a holding rail with gripper devices which are each separately controlled by way of servomotors. The transmissions provided for the force transmission between the servomotor and the clamping jaws of the gripper device can be self-locking, but transmit independently thereof the rotating movement of the respective servomotor continuously to the clamping jaws which therefore swivel. For a better control or automatic control of the gripper devices, these transmissions can be provided with sensors for detecting the force and/or the position.