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Workpiece transport device

US4189269A · kind A · utility

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5References

14Claims

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Assignee

L. Schuler GmbH · DE

Inventors

Karl Maier · Kuchen, DE
Herbert Hohn · Göppingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 27, 1978
Grant date	Feb 19, 1980
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 27, 1998

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB21D43/105
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A workpiece transport device which includes at least one gripper tong arrangement driven in comformity with a work rhythm of a machine tool which is required to be charged and/or discharged. The gripper tong arrangement grips a marginal area of the workpiece, transports the workpiece, and deposits the workpiece at another machine tool or workpiece depository. An extensible and retractable support slide is provided for supporting the workpiece in a transport phase by being displaced beneath the workpiece in parallel to the gripper tong arrangement.

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