Patent · US Expired

Workpiece transporting apparatus

US5425441A · kind A · utility

3Cited by

7References

9Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Adolf Hottinger Maschinenbau GmbH · DE

Inventors

Werner Landua · Mannheim, DE
Reiner Rommel · Katzenelnbogen, DE
Jurgen Muller · Wulfen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jul 29, 1993
Grant date	Jun 20, 1995
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 29, 2013

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB23Q1/5406
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A transporting device, preferably for transporting workpieces (1) between processing stations, the device comprising an upright (2) and at least one holding device carried by upright (2) for receiving workpiece (1), the holding device (3) having again at least one holding element (4) adapted for engagement with the workpiece (1), is designed and constructed to obtain a faster timing sequence with smallest possible floor space requirements, in particular within the scope of treating foundry cores and molds, in such a manner that the holding device (3) is continuously rotatable about a vertical axis (5), so that the holding element (4) describes a substantially circular path.

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