Patents by Inventor Robert P. Thomson

Robert P. Thomson has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Industrial manipulator for placing articles in close proximity to adjacent articles
    Patent number: 4273506
    Abstract: A method of placing an article onto a surface in close proximity to an adjacent previously-placed article, comprises gripping the article between a pair of jaws, tilting it away from the previously-placed article about an axis parallel to the surface and thereafter releasing it by opening the jaws, the tilt being sufficient to bring the lowered side of the gripped article close to the surface, with the elevated jaw remaining sufficiently high to clear the previously-placed article as it opens.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1978
    Date of Patent: June 16, 1981
    Assignee: Imperial Chemical Industries Limited
    Inventors: Robert P. Thomson, James R. Robertson