US Patent: 4,172,514
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| High Speed Continuous Assembly Machine
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Patentees:
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| Ivan L. Shantz (exact or similar names) - Janesville, Rock County, WI |
| Lyell C. Tullis (exact or similar names) - Janesville, Rock County, WI |
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| Not known to have been produced |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Feb. 07, 1977 |
| Granted: |
Oct. 30, 1979 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Giddings & Lewis Manufacturing Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
A high speed continuous assembly machine adapted to handle and assemble a variety of regular parts such as tubes, discs, rods and cylinders at rates varying from 120 to 1200 assemblies per minute. The machine utilizes a work transport conveyor of the endless band, straight line type moving in a vertical plane, and one or more satellite stations spaced longitudinally along the transport conveyor. Each satellite station carries both parts and tooling in timed relation to the main conveyor. |
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