Head for attachment to a robot to pick up articles

Details Head for attachment to a robot to pick up articles Head for attachment to a robot to pick up articles

1987-08-03

1989-04-11

Spar, Robert J.

Material or article handling

Vertically swinging load support

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901 37, 901 47, B66C 110

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048201138

ABSTRACT:
A parts manipulator formed by a head and a robot (10) for attachment to a robot arm and rotatable therewith, the head including a rotatable mount (26) attached to the robot arm (19) and a plurality of gripper mechanisms (21) secured about the mount (26). Each gripper mechanism includes a set of finger portions (51), each selectively and independently of each other shiftable between first and second orientations on the mount to extend either parallel to and downwardly from, or outwardly from the mount (26), allowing flexibly programmed handling of a part.

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patent: 4565400 (1986-01-01), Nakashima et al.
patent: 4586869 (1986-05-01), Nihei
patent: 4655676 (1987-04-01), Janneborg et al.
patent: 4727471 (1988-02-01), Driels et al.

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