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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:
Feb. 12, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 26, 2007
Applicants:
Yasuyuki Kitahara, Nagano, JP;
Shigeyuki Kaino, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Yasuyuki Kitahara, Nagano, JP;
Shigeyuki Kaino, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Nidec Sankyo Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 65/34 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A workpiece transfer system may include a plurality of cassettes for storing workpieces, at least one workpiece processing apparatus, and a multi-joint industrial robot for loading and unloading workpieces to/from the cassettes. The multi-joint industrial robot may include a hand part for holding a workpiece, an arm part supporting the hand part so as to make the hand part rotatable, and a link mechanism that supports an arm joint part, positioned at a base side of the arm part, so as to make the arm joint part rotatable.