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Workpiece transporting apparatus

US4008840A · kind A · utility

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10Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 10, 1975
Grant dateFeb 22, 1977
Priority date
Expiry dateOct 10, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21C1/30
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The apparatus has a transporting arrangement which is movable in a predetermined direction and workpiece gripping devices which grip a workpiece to be withdrawn in this direction from a machine tool. The gripping devices are movable with the transporting arrangement in the aforementioned direction and are also movable relative to the transporting arrangement in and opposite to this direction. A control device controls the relative movement between the gripping device and the transporting device.

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