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Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 09, 2007
Applicants:

Shigekazu Noda, Kanazawa, JP;

Masaya Ito, Takaoka, JP;

Inventors:

Shigekazu Noda, Kanazawa, JP;

Masaya Ito, Takaoka, JP;

Assignees:

Komatsu Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Oyabe SEIKI Co., Ltd., Oyabe-Shi, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 21/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

In sorting workpieces by using a panel sorting device, a lateral movement amount of a cross shuttle is approximately half of a width W of the workpiece, which is remarkably smaller than that in a conventional device. Therefore, the workpieces can be efficiently transferred to the panel chute in a short cycle time, thereby improving the productivity of a press line. Further, since the workpieces are transferred to two lateral places adjacent to each other on the panel chute and the laterally adjacent workpieces are not unnecessarily separated from each other, the size of the panel chute can be reduced. This, along with the small movement amount of the cross shuttle, enables the whole panel sorting device to be reduced in size and the installation space for the panel sorting device to be also reduced.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Noda, Shigekazu. (2012). Panel sorting method and panel sorting device (U.S. Patent No. 8118155). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/8118155

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