Patents Assigned to Esatec Etudes Services Automatismes Techniques S.A.
  • Equipment for assembling products such as packages for compact discs
    Patent number: 6594969
    Abstract: Apparatus for assembling products including at lest one rigid thin part of a first type (in particular a compact disc tray) glued on a plane part of a second type (in particular a casing formed by a pre-cut cardboard matrix), including at least one suction belt for carrying the planar parts of the second type, at least one loader for feeding a gripping device with the parts of the first type and at least one gripping device comprising a turntable turning around a transversal axis parallel to the tray, the turntable supporting a plurality of sucker supports for gripping the parts of the first type and depositing them on the parts of the second type, characterized in that the sucker support has a configuration able to ensure displacement of the sucker corresponding to a degree of freedom in translation parallel to a single radial axis only.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Esatec Etudes Services Automatismes Techniques S.A.
    Inventor: Francis Laroche
  • Equipment for assembling products such as packages for compact discs
    Publication number: 20020013205
    Abstract: Apparatus for assembling products including at lest one rigid thin part of a first type (in particular a compact disc tray) glued on a plane part of a second type (in particular a casing formed by a pre-cut cardboard matrix), including at least one suction belt for carrying the planar parts of the second type, at least one loader for feeding a gripping device with the parts of the first type and at least one gripping device comprising a turntable turning around a transversal axis parallel to the tray, the turntable supporting a plurality of sucker supports for gripping the parts of the first type and depositing them on the parts of the second type, characterized in that the sucker support has a configuration able to ensure displacement of the sucker corresponding to a degree of freedom in translation parallel to a single radial axis only.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 31, 2002
    Applicant: Esatec Etudes Services Automatismes Techniques S.A
    Inventor: Francis Laroche