Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment for a vertically-movable rotatable support, said attachment comprising an upstanding head structure adapted to be mounted on said support for motion therewith and having horizontal lower and upper slide guide bearing means disposed in vertically-spaced parallel relationship, an elongated guide member having a first portion slidably mounted in said upper slide guide bearing means and a second portion projecting laterally therefrom, an elongated hollow arm slidably and rotatably mounted in said lower slide guide bearing means, a rotary power actuator mounted on said second portion of said guide member and having a rotary power output member, a coupling device drivingly connecting said rotary power output member to said arm, a jaw-operating reciprocatory motor mounted adjacent said rotary actuator and having a reciprocatory power output structure extending therefrom through said hollow arm to the outer end thereof, a first workpiece-gripping jaw mounted on said arm adjacent said outer end, a second workpiece-gripping jaw mounted on said reciprocatory power output structure adjacent said first jaw, an arm-shifting reciprocatory motor mounted on said head structure and having a reciprocatory power output element extending therefrom parallel to said guide member, and means operatively connecting said power output element to said arm for reciprocating said arm in response to the reciprocation of said power output element.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment for a vertically-movable rotatable support, said attachment comprising an upstanding head structure adapted to be mounted on said support for motion therewith and having horizontal lower and upper slide guide bearing means disposed in vertically-spaced parallel relationship, an elongated guide member having a first portion slidably mounted in said upper slide guide bearing means and a second portion projecting laterally therefrom, an elongated hollow arm slidably and rotatably mounted in said lower slide guide bearing means, a rotary power actuator mounted on said second portion of said guide member and having a rotary power output member, a coupling device drivingly connecting said rotary power output member to said arm, a jaw-operating reciprocatory motor mounted adjacent said rotary actuator and having a reciprocatory power output structure extending therefrom through said hollow arm to the outer end thereof, a first workpiece-gripping jaw mounted on said arm adjacent said outer end, a second workpiece-gripping jaw mounted on said reciprocatory power output structure adjacent said first jaw, an arm-shifting reciprocatory motor mounted on said head structure and having a reciprocatory power output element extending therefrom parallel to said guide member, and means operatively connecting said power output element to said arm for reciprocating said arm in response to the reciprocation of said power output element.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
67 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 1, wherein said head structure includes a head having a horizontal tubular member and wherein said upper slide bearing means includes a pair of spaced parallel upstanding bracket members mounted thereon with aligned bearing bores therethrough disposed on an axis parallel to the axis of said tubular member, said guide member being slidably mounted in said bearing bores.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 1, wherein said rotary power output member is hollow, wherein said jaw-operating reciprocatory motor is mounted rearwardly of said rotary actuator, and wherein said power output structure includes a power output member extending from said jaw-operating motor through said hollow rotary power output member.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
52 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 1, wherein said operatively connected means for reciprocating said arm includes a drag link secured to said power output element and extending into proximity to said arm and also includes axially-spaced stops disposed on saiD arm on opposite sides of said drag link.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
22 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 4, wherein thrust bearings are disposed between said stops and said drag link.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 2, wherein said arm-shifting reciprocatory motor is mounted on at least one of said bracket members.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 1, wherein said reciprocatory motors are fluid-operated motors.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
28 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 1, wherein said coupling device includes a circumferentially-adjustable connection disposed between said rotary power output member and said arm.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
38 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 8, wherein said circumferentially-adjustable connection includes a radial stop element connected to said arm and a circumferentially-spaced cooperating stop element connected to said second portion of said guide member.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
36 words
A workpiece-gripping reach and turnover attachment, according to claim 9, wherein said circumferentially-spaced stop element includes a fine adjustment stop screw device disposed between said second portion of said guide member and said radial stop element.