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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. 30, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2008
Applicants:
Naoyuki Tokunaga, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshiaki Araki, Tokyo, JP;
Hitoshi Tsugawa, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hirata Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A work transfer apparatus includes a holding unit () that rotates together with a rotation table () as a transferring mechanism intermittently driven to be fed, a lifting and lowering unit () for lowering the holding unit in order to transfer a workpiece held by the holding unit onto a processing table () as well as lifting the holding unit in order to transfer the workpiece held on the processing table onto the holding unit, and a fixing unit () that fixes the workpiece held on the holding unit and releases the workpiece when transferring the workpiece onto the processing table.