[54] LIGHT-WEIGHT PROGRAM CONTROLLER
[75] Inventor: Giorgio Davini, Milan, Italy
[73] Assignee: Basfer S.r.L., Milan, Italy
[21] Appl. No.: 815,440
[22] Filed: Jul. 13, 1977
Related U.S. Application Data
[63] Continuation-in-part of Ser. No. 598,688, Jul. 24, 1975, abandoned.
[30] Foreign Application Priority Data
Oct. 22, 1974 [IT] Italy 28662 A/74
[51] Int. C1.3 B05B 13/00; B25J 9/00;
G05B 19/42
[52] U.S. CI 414/1; 118/697;
239/69; 414/4; 414/730'
[58] Field of Search 318/568; 214/1 CM;
239/69, 178; 118/2, 4, 7, 11, 323, 696, 697;
414/1-7, 730
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
2,213,108 8/1940 Pollard, Jr 318/568 X
2,344,108 3/1944 Roselund 118/323
3,312,562 4/1967 Miller 118/7
3,608,743 9/1971 Mosher 214/1 CM
3,904,042 9/1975 Colston 214/1 CM
3,923,166 12/1975 Fletcher et al 214/1 CM
Primary Examiner—Johnny D. Cherry
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Robert E. Burns; Emmanuel
J. Lobato; Bruce L. Adams
[57] ABSTRACT
A control system for programming operations of a spraygun robot for spraying paint comprises a mobile control structure having jointed parts of the robot, and also possesses transducers corresponding to transducers of the robot, for transforming electrical signals respectively from and into operations of the mobile structure and of the robot. The control structure is relatively light and mobile to facilitate manual operation. The robot is sufficiently massive and heavy to permit numerous operations of the joint devices thereof in a point-spray atmosphere.
3 Claims, 6 Drawing Figures
