Robotic system for processing chemical products

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6068393
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08964951

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A robotic system for processing a plurality of products, the system including a plurality of units arranged to sequentially receive the products and each having a work station for effecting a specific operation on the products; and a robotic device associated with each unit and operable to sequentially obtain the products from a preceding unit, to transport the products to the work station of its associated unit and to transport the products from the associated work station to a position accessible to a robotic device of a succeeding unit.

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Zymark CorporationTOKYO8

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Elands, Jack Oberhaslach, FR 3 107
Fowler, Tye B Bellingham, MA 3 107
Friswell, David R Upton, MA 12 176
Hutchins, Burleigh M Upton, MA 23 556
Kearsley, Paul A Hopedale, MA 4 113
Swanson, Bruce A Mansfield, MA 6 150
Tetreault, Eugene T Sutton, MA 3 107

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