AIR-CUSHION TRANSPORTING APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATIC LINE Russian patent published in 1999 - IPC

FIELD: transferring parts between equipment stations, for example in robotized manufacturing complexes. SUBSTANCE: apparatus includes two spool-type pipes with openings mounted in pallet. Pipe openings may be alternatively matched with openings of pallet body at moving spool-type pipes in one or other direction for providing possibility of passing part of compressed air and discharging it behind pallet. Apparatus provides rapid and accurate arresting of pallet with worked part in limit position points at maintaining air cushion with possibility of reversing pallet motion direction. EFFECT: enlarged manufacturing possibilities due to controlling braking effort and speed at changing dimensions and mass of blank. 7 dwg