Patent ID: 6550601
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B23Q,B27F

Abstract:
An aligning and feeding device adapted for use in an apparatus for the processing of an end-side of a panel shaped workpiece, said apparatus having at least one feed chain movably mounted on a guide for movement in a feed direction oriented substantially along said guide, a plurality of entrainers for receiving the workpieces being adjustably positioned at spaced intervals along said feed chain, said entrainers being movable by said chain along a feed path defined by said guide, said entrainers being arranged in pairs and spaced apart from one another transversely to said feed direction, said aligning and feeding device comprising:an adjusting station positioned along said guide for aligning the position of said entrainers relative to an adjusting plane oriented perpendicular to said feed direction; and a measuring station positioned along said guide for contact-free detection of the positions of said entrainers relative to said adjusting plane oriented perpendicular to said feed direction, said measuring station being capable of generating measurement values describing the positions of the entrainers relative to said adjusting plane.