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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 12, 2016
Filed:
May. 14, 2013
Aida Engineering, Ltd., Sagamihara-shi, Kanagawa, KR;
Keisuke Takeda, Sagamihara, JP;
AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Abstract
A work transfer apparatus includes an arm to transfer workpieces to be processed into a machine or carry processed workpieces out of the machine, a crossbar coupled to the arm, and right and left holding devices provided at the left and right sides of the crossbar. The crossbar includes an internal member and right and left cylindrical external members. One of the external members is rotatably provided around an outer surface of the internal member. The apparatus also includes tilt drive devices provided to the arm and connected with the external members. One of the tilt drive devices rotates one of the external members around an axis of a longitudinal direction of the crossbar independently of another of the external members.