Abstract: The flat bed raster drawing machine is controlled automatically, includes a flat table to bear a flexible material, such as paper, fixed guides on which a carriage moves perpendicular to the lengthwise axis of the flexible material between the aforementioned guides, and a second carriage bearing the pin printer array type head that moves over the preceding one, in the direction of the lengthwise axis of the paper. The paper is moved in a controlled manner on the table parallel to its lengthwise axis.

Abstract: An assembly for the controlled programmed handling of articles includes autoguided and robotized vehicles and a plurality of work stations and storage areas. There is a computer communication system between a host computer, the vehicles, and the work and storage areas. The vehicles have manipulator devices to move articles from the vehicle to the work stations and storage areas and vice versa. The work stations include a receiving area, a work area, and an output area with detector devices for detecting articles in each area and for communicating same to the computer. Each vehicle has a non-traction wheel and an encoder device communicating with the non-traction wheel for converting rotation of the non-traction wheel into distance travelled by the vehicle.

Abstract: A peg is provided for use in overhead conveyors for carrying trousers between work stations in an industrial pressing process. The body of the peg comprises an elongated rigid base having preferably two inverted V-shaped plates and twp strips secured thereto. An elongated rectangular prism, having two contact surfaces, is located within the legs of the inverted V-shaped plates and is secured by means of handles passing through each of the strips. A respective contact surface of the rectangular prism can be tilted from one of the legs of the inverted V-shaped plates to the other. A cylindrical rod is attached at one end to the rigid base by means that enable the rod and the peg body to rotate independently against each other. The other end of the rod is in the form of a hook which is connected to the overhead conveyor.

Abstract: An apparatus for selectively drawing patterns on paper sheet or scoring patterns on plastic sheet which includes a table support, a sheet feeding assembly at one end of the table support and a sheet collecting assembly at the other end of the table support. A movable tool support carries a drawing instrument and a scoring instrument above the table support and an automatic data controlled system is connected thereto for moving the tool support in any direction to draw on or score the sheet material supported on the table support. The sheet material is advanced by grippers mounted on the movable tool support and spinners are supported on the sheet material at either end of the table support for operating a motor attached to the sheet collecting assembly and a brake attached to the sheet feeding assembly.