Claims
- 1. An apparatus for driving fasteners in a frame, including;
- a fastener driver module;
- a robot arm assembly;
- a panel for supporting the components of said module;
- a cutout formed in said panel for suspending said module from said robot arm assembly;
- a magazine including an interior chamber adapted to store a plurality of said fasteners in stacked column fashion;
- means for securing one end of said magazine in rotatably fashion to said panel;
- first actuator means mounted on said panel for pivoting the other end of said magazine into engagement with a portion of the frame;
- a drive lever pivotally secured at one end to said magazine, and a driver blade extending from the other end of said drive lever, said drive lever extending through said other end of said magazine;
- second actuator means mounted on said magazine and coupled to said drive lever to rotate said drive lever reciprocally and translate said driver blade reciprocally to engage the endmost fastener in said column of fasteners and drive the endmost fastener into the frame.
- 2. The apparatus of claim 1, further including conveyor means for supporting a plurality of the frames and translating the frames singly and serially past said robot arm assembly.
- 3. The apparatus of claim 2, further including computer control means operatively connected to said robot arm assembly, said computer control means including program means to drive said robot arm assembly to engage each of the frames supported on said conveyor means and operate said fastener driver module to drive fasteners into each of the frames to secure the backing and artwork therein.
- 4. The apparatus of claim 3, further including speed sensor means coupled to said conveyor means to generate a speed signal, said computer control means receiving said speed control means, said program means driving said robot arm assembly in translational synchronism with each of the frames translating past said robot arm assembly.
- 5. An apparatus for applying fasteners to a plurality of art frames to secure an artwork in each art frame, including:
- a fastener driver module;
- robot arm means for supporting and moving said fastener driver module;
- conveyor means for supporting the plurality of art frames and translating the art frames singly and serially past said robot arm means;
- computer control means operatively connected to said robot arm means, said computer control means including program means to drive said robot arm means to engage each of the frames supported on said conveyor means and operate said fastener driver module to drive fasteners into each of the frames to secure the artwork therein.
- 6. The apparatus of claim 5, further including speed sensor means coupled to said conveyor means to generate a speed signal, said computer control means receiving said speed control means, said program means driving said robot arm means in translational synchronism with each of the frames translating past said robot arm means.
- 7. The apparatus of claim 6, further including side guide means adjacent to said robot arm means for impinging on each of the plurality of art frames and absorbing reaction forces applied to each of the art frames as said fastener driver module drives fasteners into each of the art frames.
REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application is a continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/345,639, filed Nov. 28, 1994, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,605,270, issued Feb. 25, 1997 to the present inventor, Brian Dunn.
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