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公开(公告)号:US5136826A
公开(公告)日:1992-08-11
申请号:US785424
申请日:1991-10-29
摘要: A stacked container handling system includes an input section having an input conveyor onto which a box, containing a multiplicity of empty stacked containers arranged in a matrix of rows and columns of vertical stacks of containers, is manually or automatically placed in upside down position. Following removal of the box to expose the matrix of vertical stacks of containers, the vertical stacks of containers are moved forward by the input conveyor to a hinged lay-down table that rotates from an upright position in which one row at a time of the stacked containers is received to a horizontal position from which the received row of stacked containers is unloaded. The stacked container handling system may also include an output section having an output accumulation conveyor that serves to move a desired number of horizontal stacks of containers onto a lift table having a hinged bed that rotates from a horizontal position to an upright position. When the hinged bed is in the upright position, the stacks of containers retained thereon are engaged by an output conveyor that unloads the stacks as a row of vertical stacks of containers and that moves forward incrementally to allow sequential unloading of subsequent rows of vertical stacks of containers from the hinged bed of the lift table until a desired matrix of rows and columns of vertical stacks of containers has been accumulated on the output conveyor. Following manual or automatic placement of a box over the matrix of vertical stacks of containers, the box and matrix of vertical stacks of containers covered thereby are conveyed to a box turner that turns the box 180 degrees to the upright position and then deposits the upright box of vertical stacks of containers onto a roller or other conveyor.
摘要翻译: 堆叠的容器处理系统包括具有输入传送器的输入部分,其中包含多个排列成行和垂直堆叠堆叠的矩阵的空的堆叠容器的箱子被手动或自动地放置在其中。 在移除盒子以露出容器的垂直堆叠的矩阵之后,容器的垂直堆叠由输入传送器向前移动到铰接的躺板,其从堆叠的一行的直立位置旋转, 容器被接收到水平位置,所接收的堆叠的容器排从该位置卸载。 堆叠的容器处理系统还可以包括具有输出堆积输送器的输出部分,其用于将期望数量的水平堆叠的容器移动到具有从水平位置旋转到直立位置的铰接床的升降台上。 当铰链床处于直立位置时,保持在其上的容器堆叠通过输出输送机接合,该输送输送机将堆叠卸载成一排垂直堆叠的容器,并且逐渐向前移动以允许顺序地卸载后续行的垂直堆叠 来自升降台的铰链床的容器直到所需的容器的垂直堆叠列和列的矩阵已经积聚在输出输送机上。 将盒子手动或自动放置在容器的垂直堆叠的矩阵上方之后,将由此覆盖的容器的垂直堆叠的盒子和矩阵传送到盒子转盘,将盒子转动180度直立位置,然后将立式盒子 垂直堆叠的容器到辊子或其他输送机上。
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公开(公告)号:US4163183A
公开(公告)日:1979-07-31
申请号:US625932
申请日:1975-10-28
申请人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
发明人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
IPC分类号: B25J9/22 , B23P21/00 , B25J9/00 , B25J9/18 , B25J17/02 , D05B21/00 , F16H9/10 , G05B19/25 , G05B19/42 , G05D19/00 , G06F19/00
CPC分类号: G05B19/42 , B23P21/002 , B25J17/02 , B25J9/0084 , F16H9/10 , G05B19/253 , G05B2219/34236 , G05B2219/34239 , G05B2219/35238 , G05B2219/35543 , G05B2219/39002 , G05B2219/39468 , G05B2219/40307 , G05B2219/42207 , G05B2219/43183 , G05B2219/45051 , G05B2219/45083 , G05B2219/49395
摘要: A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities are provided for teaching the manipulator arms at each station, these facilities including a computer which assista the teaching operator in setting up the programs required for assembly of small parts to close tolerances. Each manipulator arm includes closed loop teach facilities for maintaining the arm at a previously located position during the teaching mode of operation. The computer is employed as a teach assist facility in performing a number of tasks during the teaching operation which are extremely difficult for the operator to perform manually. All of the assembly stations may be controlled during playback from a common disc storage facility so that the control circuitry and memory storage facilities at each manipulator are minimized.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种可编程自动组装系统,可用于组装小部件。 每个装配站包括配合的操纵臂,其可编程以在中心位置的工作台上组装零件。 提供了改进的设施,用于在每个车站教授机械臂,这些设施包括一台计算机,它帮助教学操作员建立组装小零件所需的程序以达到公差。 每个操纵臂包括闭环示教设施,用于在操作的教学模式期间将臂保持在先前定位的位置。 该计算机被用作在辅助操作期间执行若干任务的教学辅助设备,这对于操作者手动执行是非常困难的。 所有组装站可以在从公共盘存储设施回放期间被控制,使得每个操纵器处的控制电路和存储器存储设施被最小化。
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公开(公告)号:US4688983A
公开(公告)日:1987-08-25
申请号:US612352
申请日:1984-05-21
申请人: Torsten H. Lindbom
发明人: Torsten H. Lindbom
CPC分类号: B25J19/00 , B25J19/0008 , B25J9/046 , B25J9/103
摘要: An industrial robot in which both a column which is pivotally mounted on a rotatable base member and a boom which is pivotally mounted on the upper end of the column are of hollow construction to provide a rigid lightweight structure capable of carrying substantial loads. The column is counterbalanced by a spring and the boom is counterbalanced by pneumatic cylinders on a movable carriage so that the major axes of the robot can be driven by relatively low energy driving sources. A simplified hand gear train is provided which is capable of carrying substantial loads and is easily serviced.
摘要翻译: 一种工业机器人,其中枢转地安装在可旋转底座上的柱和枢转地安装在柱的上端上的悬臂是中空结构,以提供能承载大量载荷的刚性轻型结构。 柱由弹簧平衡,并且悬臂由可移动的支架上的气动缸平衡,使得机器人的主轴可以由相对低的能量驱动源驱动。 提供了一种简化的手动齿轮系,其能够承载大量的载荷并且易于维修。
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公开(公告)号:US4442387A
公开(公告)日:1984-04-10
申请号:US324697
申请日:1981-11-25
申请人: Torsten H. Lindbom
发明人: Torsten H. Lindbom
CPC分类号: B25J19/0008 , B25J9/0081 , G05B19/423 , G05B2219/36424 , G05B2219/36429 , G05B2219/36471 , G05B2219/36472 , Y10S700/90
摘要: A programmable manipulator is provided in which the manipulator arm is counter-balanced in all of its major axes and these axes are provided with low friction joints so that a relatively small force is needed to move the arm in each of its principal axes. A separate low power driving source is then used to move the arm during the teaching operation, this low power driving source being capable of developing the relatively small force needed to move the arm at low speed during the teaching operation, but being incapable of moving the arm at high speed or exerting a torque on said arm which will be potentially harmful to programming personnel. After the desired path has been taught, the manipulator apparatus is switched over to a playback mode wherein a second relatively high power source is employed to move the arm at relatively high speed during successive playback cycles.An interlock arrangement is provided for positively preventing the high power driving source from being used to move the arm during the teaching operation so that it is impossible for malfunctions in the control system or servo valves to cause a build-up of enough momentum in the arm to be harmful to the programming operator who may be in the path of such movement.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种可编程机械手,其中操纵臂在其所有主轴上均衡平衡,并且这些轴设置有低摩擦接头,因此需要相对较小的力来使臂在其每个主轴上移动。 然后,在教学操作期间,单独的低功率驱动源用于移动臂,该低功率驱动源能够发展在教学操作期间以低速移动臂所需的相对较小的力,但是不能移动 手臂高速或在所述臂上施加扭矩,这将对编程人员潜在地有害。 在已经教导了所需的路径之后,将机械手装置切换到重放模式,其中在连续重放循环期间采用第二较高的电源来以相对高的速度移动臂。 提供一种互锁装置,用于在教学操作期间积极地防止高功率驱动源用于移动臂,使得控制系统或伺服阀中的故障不可能在臂中产生足够的动量 对可能处于这种运动路径的编程操作员有害。
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公开(公告)号:US4646648A
公开(公告)日:1987-03-03
申请号:US712530
申请日:1985-03-18
申请人: Torsten H. Lindbom
发明人: Torsten H. Lindbom
摘要: An endless loop conveyor system is disclosed wherein a plurality of carriers are moved to one or more work stations and one or more buffer stations so that a product may be assembled on each carrier at the work stations. Power is extracted from a continuously moving belt by holding the belt against a power wheel with an L-shaped member. A variable ratio transmission having a pair of power transmitting wheels, one contacting the power wheel, the other contacting a drive wheel, uses the extracted power to accelerate or decelerate each carrier depending on the locations of contact. A non-contacting position is provided for rest at a work station.
摘要翻译: 公开了一种无限循环输送系统,其中多个载体被移动到一个或多个工作站和一个或多个缓冲站,使得产品可以在工作站上组装在每个载体上。 通过将皮带固定在具有L形构件的动力轮上,从连续移动的带中提取动力。 具有一对动力传递轮的可变比变速器,一个与动力轮接触的动力传动轮,另一个接触驱动轮,使用所提取的动力来根据接触位置来加速或减速每个承载件。 提供非接触位置用于在工作站休息。
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公开(公告)号:US4260940A
公开(公告)日:1981-04-07
申请号:US030994
申请日:1979-04-18
申请人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
发明人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
CPC分类号: G05B19/42 , B23P21/002 , B25J9/10 , G05B19/253 , G05B2219/34236 , G05B2219/34239 , G05B2219/35238 , G05B2219/35543 , G05B2219/39002 , G05B2219/39468 , G05B2219/40307 , G05B2219/42207 , G05B2219/43183 , G05B2219/45051 , G05B2219/45083 , G05B2219/49395
摘要: A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities are provided for teaching the manipulator arms at each station, these facilities including a computer which assists the teaching operator in setting up the programs required for assembly of small parts to close tolerances. Each manipulator arm includes closed loop teach facilities for maintaining the arm at a previously located position during the teaching mode of operation. The computer is employed as a teach assist facility in performing a number of tasks during the teaching operation which are extremely difficult for the operator to perform manually. All of the assembly stations may be controlled during playback from a common disc storage facility so that the control circuitry and memory storage facilities at each manipulator are minimized.
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公开(公告)号:USRE32794E
公开(公告)日:1988-12-06
申请号:US508076
申请日:1983-06-24
申请人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardener, deceased
发明人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardener, deceased
IPC分类号: B25J9/04
CPC分类号: B25J9/046
摘要: A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities are provided for teaching the manipulator arms at each station, these facilities including a computer which assists the teaching operator in setting up the programs required for assembly of small parts to close tolerances. Each manipulator arm includes closed loop teach facilities for maintaining the arm at a previously located position during the teaching mode of operation. The computer is employed as a teach assist facility in performing a number of tasks during the teaching operation which are extremely difficult for the operator to perform manually. All of the assembly stations may be controlled during playback from a common disc storage facility so that the control circuitry and memory storage facilities at each manipulator are minimized.
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公开(公告)号:US4581893A
公开(公告)日:1986-04-15
申请号:US369278
申请日:1982-04-19
申请人: Torsten H. Lindbom
发明人: Torsten H. Lindbom
IPC分类号: B25J9/16 , B25J9/14 , F15B11/048 , F15B9/03 , F15B9/02
CPC分类号: B25J9/14 , F15B11/048
摘要: Manipulator apparatus is provided with an energy efficient control arrangement. The control arrangement in a point-to-point mode of operation utilizes a servo valve to selectively admit fluid from a pressurized source to one end of a cylinder. A piston is slidably mounted within the cylinder and connected to move a manipulator arm that is movable in a plurality of axes. The servo valve is closed when a predetermined arm velocity is reached and a bypass valving arrangement is opened to interconnect the ends of the cylinder. At a predetermined position of the manipulator arm, the control arrangement closes the bypass valving arrangement and the manipulator arm is decelerated as the arm approaches the desired final position. The pressurized source includes an accumulator and two high pressure check valves that each connect a respective end of the cylinder to the accumulator when the pressure at the respective end of the cylinder exceeds the accumulator pressure to supply pressurized fluid to other axes of the manipulator. The control arrangement compares the deceleration of the arm with a reference table of scheduled points representing desired velocity at respective positions to selectively control the opening and closing of the bypass valving arrangement during deceleration. During repetitive work or repeat cycles of operation, the reference table is modified in accordance with adaptive procedures to provide accurate control of the deceleration of the arm and the point at which the bypass valve is closed to initiate the deceleration.
摘要翻译: 机械手装置具有节能控制装置。 在点对点操作模式中的控制装置利用伺服阀选择性地将流体从加压源引入气缸的一端。 活塞可滑动地安装在气缸内并连接以移动可在多个轴线上移动的操纵臂。 当达到预定的臂速度并且打开旁通阀装置以使气缸的端部相互连接时,伺服阀关闭。 在操纵臂的预定位置处,控制装置关闭旁路阀装置,并且当手臂接近所需的最终位置时,操纵臂被减速。 加压源包括蓄压器和两个高压止回阀,当高于液压缸的相应端部的压力超过蓄能器压力以将加压流体供应到机械手的其它轴线时,每个阀都将缸的相应端部连接到蓄能器。 控制装置将臂的减速度与在各个位置处表示期望速度的预定点的参考表进行比较,以在减速期间选择性地控制旁路阀装置的打开和关闭。 在重复工作或重复操作循环中,参考表根据自适应程序进行修改,以提供对臂的减速度和旁路阀闭合点启动减速度的精确控制。
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公开(公告)号:US4275986A
公开(公告)日:1981-06-30
申请号:US31463
申请日:1979-04-19
申请人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
发明人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
CPC分类号: G05B19/42 , B23P21/002 , B25J9/0084 , G05B19/253 , G05B2219/34236 , G05B2219/34239 , G05B2219/35238 , G05B2219/35543 , G05B2219/39002 , G05B2219/39468 , G05B2219/40307 , G05B2219/42207 , G05B2219/43183 , G05B2219/45051 , G05B2219/45083 , G05B2219/49395
摘要: A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities are provided for teaching the manipulator arms at each station, these facilities including a computer which assists the teaching operator in setting up the programs required for assembly of small parts to close tolerances. Each manipulator arm includes closed loop teach facilities for maintaining the arm at a previously located position during the teaching mode of operation. The computer is employed as a teach assist facility in performing a number of tasks during the teaching operation which are extremely difficult for the operator to perform manually. All of the assembly stations may be controlled during playback from a common disc storage facility so that the control circuitry and memory storage facilities at each manipulator are minimized.
摘要翻译: 提供了一种可编程自动组装系统,可用于组装小部件。 每个装配站包括配合的操纵臂,其可编程以在中心位置的工作台上组装零件。 提供了改进的设施,用于在每个车站教授机械臂,这些设施包括一台计算机,它帮助教学操作员建立小零件组装所需的程序以实现公差的制定。 每个操纵臂包括闭环示教设施,用于在操作的教学模式期间将臂保持在先前定位的位置。 该计算机被用作在辅助操作期间执行若干任务的教学辅助设备,这对于操作者手动执行是非常困难的。 所有组装站可以在从公共盘存储设施回放期间被控制,使得每个操纵器处的控制电路和存储器存储设施被最小化。
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公开(公告)号:US4260941A
公开(公告)日:1981-04-07
申请号:US31462
申请日:1979-04-19
申请人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
发明人: Joseph F. Engelberger , Torsten H. Lindbom , Maurice J. Dunne , William Perzley , Wilbur N. Roberts , Horace L. Gardner
CPC分类号: G05B19/42 , B23P21/002 , B25J9/046 , G05B19/253 , G05B2219/34236 , G05B2219/34239 , G05B2219/35238 , G05B2219/35543 , G05B2219/39002 , G05B2219/39468 , G05B2219/40307 , G05B2219/42207 , G05B2219/43183 , G05B2219/45051 , G05B2219/45083 , G05B2219/49395
摘要: A programmable automatic assembly system is provided which may be employed to assemble small parts. Each assembly station includes cooperating manipulator arms which are programmable to assemble parts on a centrally located work table. Improved facilities are provided for teaching the manipulator arms at each station, these facilities including a computer which assists the teaching operator in setting up the programs required for assembly of small parts to close tolerances. Each manipulator arm includes closed loop teach facilities for maintaining the arm at a previously located position during the teaching mode of operation. The computer is employed as a teach assist facility in performing a number of tasks during the teaching operation which are extremely difficult for the operator to perform manually. All of the assembly stations may be controlled during playback from a common disc storage facility so that the control circuitry and memory storage facilities at each manipulator are minimized.
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