Patents Assigned to Kuka Schweissanlgen + Roboter GmbH
  • Patent number: 5400944
    Abstract: The present invention pertains to a processing station (1) for workpieces, especially vehicle bodies (2), in a transfer line (3). Changeable clamping frames (5, 6) are kept ready in magazines (7, 8), and the magazines (7, 8) are arranged on both sides in front of and/or behind the work station (29) in relation to the direction of the transfer line (3). At least one processing device (4) is arranged at the work station (29) on the side of the transfer line (3). The magazines (7, 8) are preferably designed as rotatable and upright drum magazines and are connected in pairs by a common transport device (10). The old clamping frame (5) can thus be moved from the work station (29) into one magazine (7, 8) and a new clamping frame (6) can at the same time be brought to the work station (29) by one movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 1993
    Date of Patent: March 28, 1995
    Assignee: Kuka Schweissanlgen + Roboter GmbH
    Inventors: Ernst Zimmer, Johann Maischberger, Thomas Sturm, Heinz Meyer