Apparatus for releasing items within a confined space

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hook – hoistline – or grab type – Locking device

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294106, B66C 142

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060563419

ABSTRACT:
An automated device for releasing items within a confined space, particularly an automated pickup head which is used to grip egg cartons or trays and place those egg cartons or trays in stacks in a shipping container or basket. The device includes a pickup head which may be mounted on any known or conventional apparatus for moving and orienting the pickup head to grasp individual items such as, e.g., egg cartons or trays and to transfer those items to, and insert those items within, a confined space such as, e.g., a shipping container or basket. Mounted on the pickup head is an actuation device such as, e.g., two air cylinders, each having one end connected to the pickup head and another end connected to a first link. The first links are pivotally mounted on the pickup head, and are pivotally attached at one end to an upper end of a gripping finger. A biasing element biases the gripping fingers to an open position. An intermediate portion of each gripping finger is pivotally and slidably attached to a second link. The second links are pivotally mounted on the pickup head. The lower end of the gripping fingers are preferably slightly curved, and are used to grip the side and bottom of the items to be inserted and/or removed within the confined space.

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