US3313014A
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Automatic production apparatus and method
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1965-04-08
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Granted: 1967-04-11
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Expires: 1985-04-08
Abstract
No abstract record available.
Inventors
- 👤 Jerome H Lemelson
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 21:17
CPC Classifications
G; G05; G05B; G05B19/00; G05B19/02; G05B19/418; G05B19/41815; B; B23; B23Q; B23Q41/00; B25; B25J; B25J19/00; B25J19/02; B25J19/021; G11; G11B; G11B27/00; G11B27/10; G11B27/102; G11B27/19; G11B27/28; G05B2219/00; G05B2219/30; G05B2219/33; G05B2219/33192; G05B2219/36; G05B2219/36395; G05B2219/36511; G05B2219/36513; G05B2219/37; G05B2219/37572; G05B2219/40; G05B2219/40283; G05B2219/40284; G05B2219/45; G05B2219/45051; G05B2219/45213; Y; Y02; Y02P; Y02P90/00; Y02P90/02; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/51; Y10T29/5196; Y10T29/53; Y10T29/53039; Y10T29/53061
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 1
Claim 1
Independent Claim
175 words
AN AUTOMATIC PRODUCTION APPARATUS COMPRISING: (A) MEANS FOR HOLDING AND PREPOSITIONING WORK, (B) MACHINE MEANS FOR PERFORMING VARIOUS OPERATIONS ON WORK RETAINED BY SAID HOLDING MEANS, (C) MEANS FOR CONVEYING SAID HOLDING MEANS WITH RESPECT TO SAID MACHINE MEANS, (D) A MULTI-CIRCUIT PROGRAM CONTROLLER INCLUDING MEANS FOR GENERATING A SEQUENCE OF CONTROL SIGNALS, (E) MEANS FOR MOVING SAID HOLDING MEANS AND SELECTIVELY POSITIONING SAME IN OPERATIVE RELATIONSHIP WITH SAID MACHINE MEANS FOR OPERATIVELY POSITIONING THE WORK HELD THEREBY WITH RESPECT TO SAID MACHINE MEANS, (F) MEANS FOR COUPLING SAID PROGRAM CONTROLLER WITH SAID MACHINE MEANS UPON OPERATIVELY POSITIONING SAID HOLDING MEANS WITH SAID MACHINE MEANS AND CAUSING SAID PROGRAM CONTROLLER TO GENERATE CONTROL SIGNALS, (G) MEANS FOR USING SAID SIGNALS TO CONTROL SAID MACHINE MEANS TO EXECUTE PREDETERMINED OPERATIONS ON WORK RETAINED BY SAID HOLDING MEANS AND, (H) MEANS OPERATIVE IN RESPONSE TO THE OPERATION OF SAID PROGRAM CONTROLLER FOR UNCOUPLING SAID HOLDING MEANS AND SAID MACHINE MEANS AND CAUSING SAID HOLDING MEANS TO BE MOVED BY SAID CONVEYING MEANS AWAY FROM SAID MACHINE MEANS.
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