Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Grapple – Slideable jaws
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-21
2006-03-21
Kramer, Dean J. (Department: 3652)
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Grapple
Slideable jaws
C901S038000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07014235
ABSTRACT:
A method for gripping objects by means of a robotic gripper mechanism is provided, wherein the gripping mechanism comprises gripping jaws, a wedge actuator between the gripping jaws, wherein the wedge actuator moves the gripping jaws together and apart as it slides backward and forward, and a motor that moves the wedge actuator by means of a connecting leadscrew. The method comprises applying current to the motor so that the motor reaches maximum operating speed before the gripper mechanism comes into contact with any object. When the gripping jaws contact an object, e.g., media cartridge, they collapse over the object, gripping it. The inertia from the rotating mass of the motor increases the force and speed of the gripping action. In another embodiment, a flywheel may be added to the leadscrew to provide additional rotating mass and increase the inertia before contact.
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Kramer Dean J.
Storage Technology Corporation
Yee & Associates P.C.
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