Abstract: An orthogonal two-axis moving apparatus includes a first guide member which extends along one direction and is attached to a stationary position, a slide block which is slidably supported on the first guide member and is movable in the one direction, and a second guide member which extends along the other direction perpendicular to the one direction and is supported by the slide block to be movable in the other direction. First and second rollers are pivotally supported on two ends of the first guide member, a third roller is pivotally supported on one end of the second guide member, and intermediate rollers are pivotally supported on four corner portions of the slide block. A coupling belt is provided and has two ends of which are fixed to the other end of the second guide member and which is looped in a cross shape on the first to third rollers and the four intermediate rollers.

Abstract: A rotational driving apparatus with frictional engagement includes a base, a rotating member having rigidity and axially supported on the base, at least one frictional roller having rigidity and at least one driving roller which are in rolling contact with the rotating member, a motor for rotating the driving roller, and a pressing mechanism for pressing the frictional and driving rollers against the rotating member, thereby transmitting a driving force of the driving roller to the rotating member to rotate it.

Abstract: A moving mechanism according to the present invention includes a fixed base, a moving member movably provided with respect to the fixed base, a driving motor mounted on the moving member, a driving shaft rotatably supported by the moving member and rotated by the driving motor, a pair of driven wheels to be brought into rolling contact with the driving shaft, a unit for simultaneously bringing the driven wheels into rolling contact with the base, and an abutting unit for causing the driving shaft to abut against the driven wheels so that they are frictionally engaged with each other, and causing the driven wheels to abut against the fixed base so that they are fictionally engaged with each other, wherein the driven wheels are rotated on the fixed base to move the moving member with respect to the fixed base in accordance with rotation of the driving shaft.

Abstract: A controller for an automatic assembling apparatus consisting of a plurality of operation units each of which has a variety of devices to be driven and which perform independent, different operations under the program control is disclosed. This controller includes a host control unit expressing a sequence control portion of program control for the plurality of operation units by multitask program control, a plurality of lower-order control units having control programs for controlling an independent operation of each of the plurality of devices to be driven, and a shared memory which is connected to the host control unit and the plurality of lower-order control units, and is shared and accessed by the host control unit and the lower-order control units.

Abstract: A rotational driving apparatus with frictional engagement includes a base, a rotating member having rigidity and axially supported on the base, at least one frictional roller having rigidity and at least one driving roller which are in rolling contact with the rotating member, a motor for rotating the driving roller, and a pressing mechanism for pressing the frictional and driving rollers against the rotating member, thereby transmitting a driving force of the driving roller to the rotating member to rotate it.

Abstract: A displacing apparatus includes a moving table provided movably on a guide rail mounted on a fixed base. A guide bar is provided on the fixed base in parallel with the guide rail. The guide bar is formed with a recess. Also provided is a driving roller maintained in contact with the guide bar and driven by a driving source provided on the moving table for moving the moving table. A device is provided on the moving table for generating a contact pressure for maintaining the driving roller in pressure contact with the guide bar at a position on the guide bar opposite to the drive roller. A detector is also provided in relation to the moving table for detecting the position of the moving table. Finally, a device is provided for nullifying the contact pressure. The nullifying device drops the driving roller into the recess of the guide bar to nullify the contact pressure of the drive roller, the drive roller moving on the guide bar.

Abstract: An automatic article feeding system which includes a conveyor for conveying pallets each of which contains an article or articles such as parts to be assembled and has a mark indicating the kind of article or articles contained therein, having a feeder for feeding each of the conveyed pallets into one of the shelves of the stocker according to empty shelf information supplied by an information processing unit; a memory for storing the address of the shelf in which the pallet has been stocked and further storing information of the kinds of articles on the pallet; a searcher for searching the memory according to the instruction received from the automatic assembling machine to detect the existence or non-existence of the article required by the automatic assembling machine and, if in existence, detect the address of the shelf in which the required article is stocked; a system for withdrawing the pallet from the stocker according to such detection; a feeder for feeding the pallet to a position for supplying the

Abstract: An automatic article feeding apparatus which includes a stocker for housing pallets for containing articles such as parts for assembly, interchangeable tools or the like, a first pallet operating device for transferring the pallets from the stocker to an automatic assembling machine and vice versa, a second pallet operating device for feeding the loaded pallets containing the articles to said stocker and discharging the empty pallets to the outside, and control means for controlling the operations of the pallet operating devices in accordance with the actuation of said automatic assembling machine and the signals indicating the position of the loaded pallet housed in said stocker and the empty portion in said stocker.

Abstract: In a compliance apparatus wherein a movable plate movable in a direction perpendicular to the direction of insertion of a gripped part is provided on a portion in which a robot hand is mounted to a robot arm to thereby enable relative displacement of the robot hand and the robot arm, a plurality of cylinders of which the extended end positions are adjustable and of which the protruding force can be changed by a spring or fluid are opposed to one another as positioning devices for the movable plate and sandwich the movable plate therebetween.

Abstract: A strip deforming apparatus for deforming a flexible strip into a looped endless band, comprising a first conveyor assembly comprising an endless belt having an upper travelling path, a second conveyor assembly positioned below the first conveyor assembly and comprising an endless belt having an upper travelling path parallel with and spaced apart downwardly from the belt of the first conveyor assembly, and a third conveyor assembly positoned between the first and second conveyor assemblies and comprising a pair of conveyor rolls elongated in longitudinal directions of the apparatus and each rotatable about the center axis thereof. At least one of the first and second conveyor assemblies is movable toward and away from the other conveyor assembly and the conveyor rolls are spaced apart in parallel from each other in a lateral direction of the apparatus.

Abstract: Herein disclosed is a tire component storing assembly, comprising in combination: a frame structure comprising a pair of side plate members spaced apart from and substantially in parallel with each other, a first reel having opposite end portions rotatably supported on the side plate members, respectively, of the frame structure, a second reel having opposite end portions rotatably supported on the side plate members, respectively, of the frame structure, the second reel spaced apart from and substantially in parallel with the first reel, and a liner sheet having one end wound on the first reel and the other end wound on the second reel to form layers thereon, whereby a tire component is wound on any one of the first and second reels while intervening between the layers of the liner sheet to be wound on any one of the first and second reels.