Material or article handling – Device for emptying portable receptacle – Nongravity type
Patent
1995-08-02
1997-09-09
Bucci, David A.
Material or article handling
Device for emptying portable receptacle
Nongravity type
294 8161, 294 864, 294106, 414786, B65G 104
Patent
active
056649312
ABSTRACT:
An end effector for a robot for material handling of a stack of carton blanks or other items is disclosed. The end effector includes a pair of movable abutment members which engage opposing side edges of the blanks to thereby lift, transfer or manipulate the carton blanks for transfer to another material handling operation or station. Even though the individual blanks may be flexible, the end effector according to this invention grasps the stack of blanks on opposing side edges thereof to lift the stack of blanks without the need for inverting or otherwise repositioning the stack as required by prior art end effectors. A tab or other feature on the blanks may be utilized by the abutment members when engaging the blanks in order to assist the lifting of the stack.
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Brugger Jerome M.
Greenwell Joseph Daniel
Bucci David A.
R. A. Jones & Co. Inc.
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