公开(公告)号：US4998206A

公开(公告)日：1991-03-05

申请号：US226552

申请日：1988-07-29

Applicant: Everett E. Jones ,  Albert G. Gaspar

Inventor： Everett E. Jones ,  Albert G. Gaspar

IPC: B23Q41/08 ,  G05B19/4097 ,  G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/4097 ,  G05B19/41835 ,  G05B2219/31078 ,  Y02P90/083 ,  Y02P90/12 ,  Y02P90/20 ,  Y02P90/265 ,  Y02P90/28

Abstract: A method and apparatus for fabricating sheet metal parts using workpiece manipulators to transfer a workpiece from one work station to another and position the workpiece for each operation to be performed. The invention eliminates the need of individual operators and can be managed under microprocessor control using known positions along selected X and Y axes about which programming is performed.A unified design and manufacturing system includes a computer-aided design (CAD) system and a microprocessor-controlled fabrication system consisting of a plurality of manufacturing stations which perform manufacturing and transporting operations upon a workpiece. Design information for a part is entered through the CAD system and includes a reference point. The design information is combined with manufacturing process planning information to produce a part definition data file which is used by the microprocessor-controlled fabrication system to perform machine operations upon a workpiece to produce the part according to the design information. In the microprocessor-controlled fabrication system, the reference point, as entered in the CAD system, is associated with a specific point upon the workpiece. During all times, the manufacturing stations maintain a known orientation between the specified location on the workpiece and axes of the microprocessor-controlled fabrication system.

公开(公告)号：US4996753A

公开(公告)日：1991-03-05

申请号：US251241

申请日：1988-09-30

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: B23P19/04 ,  B25J15/04

CPC classification number: B25J15/0491 ,  Y10S483/901 ,  Y10T29/5107

Abstract: A robot end effector exchange system comprises a movable robot arm and an end effector. Connecting structure on each of the arm and end effector are operable for releasably attaching the arm and end effector in an operative relationship. A fixture supportably receives the end effector attached to the robot arm and includes restraining structure operable for holding the end effector on the fixture to permit attachment and detachment of the end effector and the arm. Hydraulic actuators on the fixture selectively operate the connecting structure and the restraining structure.

公开(公告)号：US4429658A

公开(公告)日：1984-02-07

申请号：US291400

申请日：1981-08-10

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: B05C5/02 ,  B05C7/00 ,  B21J15/02 ,  B21J15/48 ,  F16J15/14

CPC classification number: F16J15/14 ,  B05C5/0208 ,  B05C7/00 ,  B21J15/10 ,  B21J15/48

Abstract: A sealant applicator for applying a thin film donut like ring of sealant in and around the top of a rivet hole prior to the installation of a rivet and immediately after the rivet hole has been drilled. The applicator is characterized by having an air operated probe assembly which is held in a retracted position with the center line of the probe displaced from the center line of the rivet hole while the hole is being drilled. Upon the completion of the drilled hole the probe assembly is immediately moved into alignment with the center line of the hole and lowered onto the work piece and a premeasured amount of sealant is uniformly applied to the top of the hole prior to the assembly being retracted and the rivet installed.

Abstract translation: 一种密封剂施加器，用于在铆钉安装之前和紧接在铆钉孔之后立即在铆钉孔顶部和周围施加薄膜环形密封剂环。 施加器的特征在于具有气动探针组件，该组件在钻孔时保持在缩回位置，探针的中心线从铆钉孔的中心线移开。 在钻孔完成后，探针组件立即移动到与孔的中心线对齐并且下降到工件上，并且在组装回缩之前将预先测量的密封剂均匀地施加到孔的顶部，并且 铆钉安装。

公开(公告)号：US4013865A

公开(公告)日：1977-03-22

申请号：US492497

申请日：1974-07-29

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: B23K11/00 ,  B23K11/14

CPC classification number: B23K11/0093

Abstract: Welding apparatus for making metal honeycomb core panels by welding together preformed corrugated metal strips is disclosed. The assembled portion of the core panel is positioned by vertical finger electrodes on a horizontal base with the core panel workpiece end located along the line of a welding station extending across the base. The finger electrodes are arranged in two rows extending parallel to the welding station line, one row being insertable into the honeycomb core from above and the other being insertable into the core from below, each row also being movable from a first workpiece engaging position to a second welding position with one edge thereof along a welding station line. Welding heads, each including a welding element, are movable to and from the welding station. A corrugated metal strip is detachably held onto and carried to the welding station by the welding heads. The strip is positioned at the welding station with its outer apices and those apices on the workpiece end of the core panel engaging each other at nodes along the welding station line. The welding elements are elongated members having edge faces, the profiles of which register with the strip inner apices when advanced to the welding station. The welding elements are particularly useful with strips formed with tit-like projection arrays on their edge faces. These projection arrays make up the points of engagement between the welding elements and the finger electrodes, across the honeycomb nodes. The welding element longitudinal edge faces force the rearwardly-directed apices of the strip into contact with the forwardly-directed apices of the assembled honeycomb core forming a node so that welding current passes between each welding element and finger electrode through all the projections of one array. A weld joint made up of multiple spot welds, each of which is formed about one projection, is formed simultaneously between each mutually engaging pair of core panel and strip apices. One, two, or more such weld joints may be formed simultaneously, depending upon the number of welding elements. The welding elements thereafter can be retracted, moved parallel to the welding station line, and advanced to form welds at other nodes along the welding station line. When all desired welds are completed along the welding station line, the welding station positioned row of finger electrodes is withdrawn from the honeycomb core, the core advanced by moving the workpiece engaging positioned row of finger electrodes into the welding station position and emplacing the other row into the workpiece engaging position. The welding cycle is then repeated.

公开(公告)号：US4802357A

公开(公告)日：1989-02-07

申请号：US54893

申请日：1987-05-28

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: B21D5/02

CPC classification number: B21D5/02 ,  Y10S72/702

Abstract: An apparatus and a method for bending a workpiece to a predetermined angle in a brake press and automatically compensating for springback of the workpiece which has a sensing device, biased relative the workpiece, for detecting a neutral position of the workpiece corresponding to the cessation of springback motion and generating a signal in response thereto, and a device, responsive to the signal, for measuring the linear distance of springback, and for calculating an amount of overbend required to compensate for springback based on said measured linear distance of springback and the physical geometry of the workpiece. Preferably, the sensing devcie having a linear variable differential transformer having a core rod biased toward the workpiece and in opposition to the punch member of the brakepress.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在制动压力机中将工件弯曲成预定角度的装置和方法，并自动补偿具有相对于工件偏置的传感装置的工件的回弹，用于检测对应于回弹停止的工件的中间位置 运动并响应于此产生信号，以及响应于该信号的装置，用于测量回弹的线性距离，并且用于计算基于回弹的所述测量的线性距离和物理几何形状来补偿回弹所需的过度弯曲量 的工件。 优选地，感测装置具有线性可变差动变压器，其具有朝向工件偏压并与制动衬片的冲压构件相对的芯棒。

公开(公告)号：US4614137A

公开(公告)日：1986-09-30

申请号：US513631

申请日：1983-07-14

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: B23B31/00 ,  B23B31/28 ,  B23B13/02

CPC classification number: B23B31/00 ,  B23B31/28 ,  Y10T279/23 ,  Y10T279/3406 ,  Y10T82/2514

Abstract: A magnetic machine tool changer and driver for electro-magnetically holding and driving a cutting tool when working on a work piece. The changer and driver further including a transfer mechanism for removing the cutting tool by electro-magnetic means.

Abstract translation: 一种磁性机床更换器和驱动器，用于在工件上进行电磁保持和驱动切割工具。 更换器和驱动器还包括用于通过电磁装置移除切割工具的传送机构。

公开(公告)号：US4576575A

公开(公告)日：1986-03-18

申请号：US740563

申请日：1985-06-03

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: F27D3/12 ,  F27D5/00 ,  F27D1/00

CPC classification number: F27D5/00 ,  F27D3/123

Abstract: A slip joint tooling fixture for providing unrestricted growth of material used in an airframe structure when heated under high temperatures. The fixture while allowing the unrestricted growth of the material also maintains the overall configuration and integrity of the structure being built. The fixture further provides for minimum restriction of airflow around the outer surface of the structure during the heating up and cooling down process.

Abstract translation: 一种用于在高温下加热时用于机身结构中的材料的不受限制的生长的滑动接头工具夹具。 固定装置同时允许材料的不受限制的增长也维持正在建造的结构的整体构造和完整性。 固定装置进一步提供了在加热和冷却过程期间围绕结构外表面的气流的最小限制。

公开(公告)号：US5146670A

公开(公告)日：1992-09-15

申请号：US543406

申请日：1990-06-26

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: G05B19/4097 ,  G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/41835 ,  G05B19/4097 ,  G05B19/41815 ,  Y02P90/08 ,  Y02P90/12 ,  Y10T29/5122 ,  Y10T409/303752 ,  Y10T409/304144

Abstract: The invention is directed to a device and method for profiling and deburring a workpiece. The device includes a profiler having a cutting edge for profiling a workpiece, a deburrer having a cutting edge for deburring profiled edges of a workpiece, and a yoke for supporting the profiler and the deburrer in opposed relation on opposite sides of a planar work position, the yoke being movable along a z-axis perpendicular to the work position to alternately move the cutting edges of the profiler and the deburrer toward and away from a workpiece in the work position. The yoke is also movable so that the cutting edges can be maneuvered in a working plane transverse to the z-axis. The method of the present invention includes the steps of positioning a workpiece in a working plane between a profiler and a deburrer, moving the yoke in a first direction to cause a cutting edge of the profiler to move into the working plane, moving the profiling cutting edge in a first predetermined pattern about at least a first portion of the workpiece, moving a cutting edge of the deburrer device into the working plane, and moving the deburring cutting edge about the first portion of the workpiece in a second predetermined pattern corresponding to the first predetermined pattern.

Abstract translation: 本发明涉及一种用于对工件进行成形和去毛刺的装置和方法。 该装置包括具有用于对工件进行成形的切削刃的轮廓仪，具有用于去除工件的成型边缘的切削刃的去毛刺和用于在平面工作位置的相对侧上相对地支撑轮廓仪和去毛刺的轭， 轭可沿着垂直于工作位置的z轴移动，以便在工作位置上将工件的切割边缘和去毛刺交替移动到工件上。 轭也是可移动的，使得切割边缘可以在横向于z轴的工作平面中操纵。 本发明的方法包括以下步骤：将工件定位在轮廓仪和去毛刺之间的工作平面内，使轭在第一方向上移动，使轮廓仪的切割刃移动到工作平面内，移动轮廓切割 围绕工件的至少第一部分以第一预定图案边缘，将去毛刺装置的切割边缘移动到加工平面中，并且以对应于该工件的第二预定图案沿着工件的第一部分移动去毛刺切削刃 第一预定模式。

公开(公告)号：US5261264A

公开(公告)日：1993-11-16

申请号：US713318

申请日：1991-06-11

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: B21D22/10 ,  B21D37/14

CPC classification number: B21D22/10 ,  B21D37/145

Abstract: An apparatus under control of a computer for forming into a three-dimensional shape a generally planar workpiece having a pair of spaced holes therein at predetermined positions, the apparatus comprising a forming tool including a molding surface having a pair of spaced bores therein at predetermined positions and a locating pin disposed in each bore for selective axial movement therein; guide tracks and selectively operable drive mechanisms for moving the tool through an operating circuit including sequential mating, molding and removal stations; a selectively operable transferring mechanism at the mating station for disposing the workpiece on the molding surface of the tool with respective hole and bore positions in registration; a ram at the mating station for selectively projecting one end of each locating pin into a respective hole to restrain the workpiece on the molding surface; a hydropress at the molding station for forming the workpiece to the shape of the molding surface; and selectively operable gripping mechanism at the removal station for removing the shaped workpiece from the tool.

Abstract translation: 一种在计算机的控制下的设备，用于在预定位置处形成具有一对间隔开的孔的大致平面的工件，所述计算机用于形成三维形状，所述设备包括成形工具，所述成形工具包括在预定位置处具有一对间隔开的孔 以及设置在每个孔中的定位销，用于在其中选择性地轴向移动; 引导轨道和选择性操作的驱动机构，用于使工具移动通过包括顺序配合，模制和移除站的操作电路; 在配合站处的选择性操作的传送机构，用于将工件设置在工具的成型表面上，并具有对准的相应的孔和孔位置; 用于选择性地将每个定位销的一端突出到相应的孔中以将工件限制在模制表面上; 在模制站处的水压机，用于将工件形成成型表面的形状; 以及在所述移除站处选择性地操作的夹紧机构，用于从所述工具移除所述成形工件。

公开(公告)号：US5031441A

公开(公告)日：1991-07-16

申请号：US469022

申请日：1990-01-23

Applicant: Everett E. Jones

Inventor： Everett E. Jones

IPC: G05B19/4097 ,  G05B19/418

CPC classification number: G05B19/4097 ,  G05B19/41835 ,  Y02P90/04 ,  Y02P90/12

Abstract: A two arm robot for selectively manipulating a workpiece comprising an elongated cross beam assembly having an elongated axis extending between opposed ends, a frame assembly supported by the cross beam assembly for selective linear movement parallel to Y and Z axes and for selective pivotal movement about the elongated axis, the elongated axis being parallel to the X axis and the X, Y and Z axis being orthogonal, a pair of arm assemblies supported by the cross beam assembly for selective independent linear movement parallel to the X and Y axes, a wrist assembly operatively supported by each arm assembly and including a motor for selectively moving the wrist assembly about a rotation axis parallel to the Z axis, and motor and mounting structure for moving the arm assemblies relative to the cross beam assembly parallel to the X and Y axes.

Abstract translation: 一种用于选择性地操纵工件的双臂机器人，其包括具有在相对端之间延伸的细长轴线的细长横梁组件，由横梁组件支撑的框架组件，用于平行于Y和Z轴的选择性线性运动，并且用于围绕 伸长的轴线，细长轴线平行于X轴线并且X，Y和Z轴线正交，由横梁组件支撑的一对臂组件，用于平行于X和Y轴的选择性独立的线性运动，手腕组件 可操作地由每个臂组件支撑并且包括用于围绕平行于Z轴的旋转轴线选择性地移动腕部组件的电动机以及用于相对于平行于X和Y轴线的横梁组件移动臂组件的电动机和安装结构。