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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:
Apr. 10, 2007
Filed:
Mar. 04, 2005
Applicant:
Dieter Pfitzner, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Inventor:
Dieter Pfitzner, Weil der Stadt, DE;
Assignee:
Trumpf Maschinen Austria GmbH & Co. KG, Pasching, AT;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B21J 13/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A metal sheet-receiving system for receiving parts and feeding a metal sheet-folding machine, particularly a folding press comprising at least one manipulator for seizing and moving metal sheet parts with a gripper head fitted with gripping means; an electronic controlling device for controlling the movements of the manipulator; as well as a measuring system for determining the position of the metal sheet parts. The measuring system is formed by an optoelectronic measuring device, particularly an image acquisition means, and a transillumination platform.