公开(公告)号：EP1064219A4

公开(公告)日：2004-03-03

申请号：EP99912631

申请日：1999-03-17

申请人： ATLAS TECHNOLOGIES INC ,  NIEDZIELSKI JAMES H ,  WRIGHT JOSEPH M ,  MOORE STEPHEN F

发明人： WRIGHT JOSEPH M ,  NIEDZIELSKI JAMES H ,  MOORE STEPHEN F

IPC分类号： B25J9/04 ,  B23Q7/00 ,  B23Q41/02 ,  B25J17/00 ,  F16D1/06 ,  B66C23/00 ,  B21D43/05

CPC分类号： B23Q7/00 ,  B23Q41/02

摘要： Articulating workpiece transfer apparatus (1) comprises a pair of identical housings (2) each of which has a circular flange (20) projecting from one side of the housing and abutting one another. Each flange (20) has adjacent its periphery a beveled edge (21). A circular clamp (27) has a concave groove (30) in which the peripheral edges of the flanges (20) are accommodated, and such clamp (27) is operable to apply a clamping force on each flange (20) urging the latter into face-to-face engagement with one another. Each housing has a cylindrical opening (17) for the accommodation of an elongate transfer arm (3) which is linearly slideable and rotatable about the axis of the arm (3). Each housing (2) includes a clamp which enables and disables relative movement between the associated arm and the housing. The housings (2) are rotatable relative to each other about an axis which passes through both flanges (20) and which is normal to the axis of rotation of the respective transfer arms (3).

公开(公告)号：EP1064219A1

公开(公告)日：2001-01-03

申请号：EP99912631.1

申请日：1999-03-17

申请人： Atlas Technologies, Inc. ,  Niedzielski, James H. ,  Wright, Joseph M. ,  Moore, Stephen F.

发明人： WRIGHT, Joseph, M. ,  NIEDZIELSKI, James, H. ,  MOORE, Stephen, F.

IPC分类号： B66C23/00

CPC分类号： B23Q7/00 ,  B23Q41/02

摘要： Articulating workpiece transfer apparatus (1) comprises a pair of identical housings (2) each of which has a circular flange (20) projecting from one side of the housing and abutting one another. Each flange (20) has adjacent its periphery a beveled edge (21). A circular clamp (27) has a concave groove (30) in which the peripheral edges of the flanges (20) are accommodated, and such clamp (27) is operable to apply a clamping force on each flange (20) urging the latter into face-to-face engagement with one another. Each housing has a cylindrical opening (17) for the accommodation of an elongate transfer arm (3) which is linearly slideable and rotatable about the axis of the arm (3). Each housing (2) includes a clamp which enables and disables relative movement between the associated arm and the housing. The housings (2) are rotatable relative to each other about an axis which passes through both flanges (20) and which is normal to the axis of rotation of the respective transfer arms (3).