GB1286802A - Article transfer and recognition apparatus - Google Patents

Article transfer and recognition apparatus

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Publication number
GB1286802A
GB1286802A GB42767/68A GB4276768A GB1286802A GB 1286802 A GB1286802 A GB 1286802A GB 42767/68 A GB42767/68 A GB 42767/68A GB 4276768 A GB4276768 A GB 4276768A GB 1286802 A GB1286802 A GB 1286802A
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Prior art keywords
reader
block
air
code
chain
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GB42767/68A
Inventor
Douglas Ralph Shotter
Norman Stewart Jones
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Alfred Herbert Ltd
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Alfred Herbert Ltd
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Application filed by Alfred Herbert Ltd filed Critical Alfred Herbert Ltd
Priority to GB42767/68A priority Critical patent/GB1286802A/en
Publication of GB1286802A publication Critical patent/GB1286802A/en
Expired legal-status Critical Current

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Classifications

    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23Q—DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q41/00—Combinations or associations of metal-working machines not directed to a particular result according to classes B21, B23, or B24
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23Q—DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING; MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
    • B23Q3/00—Devices holding, supporting, or positioning work or tools, of a kind normally removable from the machine
    • B23Q3/155—Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools, e.g. combined with manual handling
    • B23Q3/1552—Arrangements for automatic insertion or removal of tools, e.g. combined with manual handling parts of devices for automatically inserting or removing tools
    • B23Q3/15546—Devices for recognizing tools in a storage device, e.g. coding devices
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G05—CONTROLLING; REGULATING
    • G05B—CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS
    • G05B19/00—Programme-control systems
    • G05B19/02—Programme-control systems electric
    • G05B19/418—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM]
    • G05B19/4183—Total factory control, i.e. centrally controlling a plurality of machines, e.g. direct or distributed numerical control [DNC], flexible manufacturing systems [FMS], integrated manufacturing systems [IMS] or computer integrated manufacturing [CIM] characterised by data acquisition, e.g. workpiece identification
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P90/00—Enabling technologies with a potential contribution to greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions mitigation
    • Y02P90/02—Total factory control, e.g. smart factories, flexible manufacturing systems [FMS] or integrated manufacturing systems [IMS]

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  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Mechanical Engineering (AREA)
  • General Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Manufacturing & Machinery (AREA)
  • Quality & Reliability (AREA)
  • Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • General Physics & Mathematics (AREA)
  • Automation & Control Theory (AREA)
  • Discharge Of Articles From Conveyors (AREA)

Abstract

1286802 Tool changers ALFRED HER. BERT Ltd 4 Sept 1969 [9 Sept 1968] 42767/68 Heading B3B [Also in Division B8] Apparatus for identifying articles moving along a path, e.g. cutting tools in a tool magazine, workpieces moving between work stations, or a parcel sorting apparatus, is constructed so that the articles are moved by a chain conveyer, each link of the chain having a block 10 which at a particular station, moves in close proximity to a pneumatic reader 22 to identify the article carried by the link. Each block 10 carries an identifying element in the form of a spool 15 having lands and grooves (Fig. 2, not shown) to form a binary code associated with the article carried. A comparator 29 receives a code of a required article from a tape reader and when the code read by the reader 22 matches the code in the comparator a solenoid hydraulic valve 32 is operated to slow down the drive of the chain and a solenoid air valve 31 is also operated. This valve passes air to a port in the reader 22 which is blocked off by a button 13 on the block 10 at the required slot position. The blocking of the port causes a pressure rise which operates an hydraulic brake valve 34 to arrest the movement of the chain. The code on the spool 15 is read by providing a plurality of slots 23 in the reader which align with a plurality of holes 16 in the block 10. Air is passed down a plurality of passages 24 into the slots 23. According to whether a groove or a land of the spool 15 is opposite a particular hole 16 the air either passes to exhaust via a gallery 17 or pressure builds up to operate pressure switch 28 which passes a signal to the comparator 29. Air is only supplied to the slots 23 when a groove 18 in the block 10 is aligned with passages 26, 27.
GB42767/68A 1968-09-09 1968-09-09 Article transfer and recognition apparatus Expired GB1286802A (en)

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GB42767/68A GB1286802A (en) 1968-09-09 1968-09-09 Article transfer and recognition apparatus

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GB42767/68A GB1286802A (en) 1968-09-09 1968-09-09 Article transfer and recognition apparatus

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GB1286802A true GB1286802A (en) 1972-08-23

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Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0211212A3 (en) * 1985-06-28 1988-09-21 Pruftechnik Dieter Busch & Partner Gmbh & Co Process and device for the determination and evaluation of machine parameters

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
EP0211212A3 (en) * 1985-06-28 1988-09-21 Pruftechnik Dieter Busch & Partner Gmbh & Co Process and device for the determination and evaluation of machine parameters

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