Pallet
US4693370A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 22, 1984 |
| Grant date | Sep 15, 1987 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 22, 2004 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T29/53548
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A pallet for feeding components to a robotic assembly system at accurate reference locations and orientations includes a pair of parallel sheet members rigidly secured together. One sheet member has an array of locating apertures for receiving and locating a plurality of the components in the reference locations and orientation. The other sheet member has an array of rubber grommets, a grommet corresponding to each locating aperture for automatically receiving and releasably, frictionally engaging a component placed in a locating aperture.
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