Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Grapple – Well type
Patent
1990-07-30
1991-07-30
Cherry, Johnny D.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Grapple
Well type
294103001, 901 31, 901 41, 901 49, 403254, 403353, B66C 142, B25J 1500, B25G 300
Patent
active
050354574
ABSTRACT:
A device for exchanging simple tools that do not need utility service is adapted to facilitate coupling one such tool to, and uncoupling it from, a movable robotic arm. The device comprises an attaching member attachable to the tool, a supporting member connected to the arm and having an open slot therein and a recessed upper surface adjacent to the slot, and a retaining member movably mounted to the arm above the supporting member and spring-biased toward the supporting member slot and upper surface. The attaching member, attached to the tool, is received by the open slot, supported by the recessed upper surface, and yieldably retained there by the spring-biased retaining member during use. The attaching member is then withdrawn from the slot, upper surface, and retaining member, and returned to a storage rack located nearby.
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4 pages re "Quick Change EOAT Adapter" from catalog of Standard Products Division, Automation Tooling Systems Inc., Kitchener, Ont. (No date).
Nageldinger Edward L.
Tveit Gary L.
Cherry Johnny D.
Dixon, III William C.
Eastman Kodak Company
Pringle Cathleen G.
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