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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2003
Noel F. Dehne, Novi, MI (US);
Gerald E. Chilson, Alanson, MI (US);
Earl A. Raynal, Jr., Petoskey, MI (US);
James J. Bedells, Northville, MI (US);
Lewis R. Poole, Boyne City, MI (US);
Timothy R. Crumbaugh, Boyne City, MI (US);
Noel F. Dehne, Novi, MI (US);
Gerald E. Chilson, Alanson, MI (US);
Earl A. Raynal, Jr., Petoskey, MI (US);
James J. Bedells, Northville, MI (US);
Lewis R. Poole, Boyne City, MI (US);
Timothy R. Crumbaugh, Boyne City, MI (US);
Jervis B. Webb Company, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Abstract
A manufacturing operation having a first production area, a second production area, and a plurality of platforms each having independently controllable drive assemblies for moving the platforms through the production and delivery areas. Adjacent platforms are spaced from one another a first distance in the delivery areas and a second distance in the production areas, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance and, preferably, where the second distance creates a 'zero' gap between adjacent platform decks.