Material or article handling – Horizontally swinging load support – Swinging about pivot
Reexamination Certificate
2006-02-21
2006-02-21
Underwood, Donald W. (Department: 3652)
Material or article handling
Horizontally swinging load support
Swinging about pivot
C029S898080, C074S490050, C414S744500, C901S028000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07001138
ABSTRACT:
A robot assembly and a method of installing a collar on a robot assembly. The robot assembly comprises a support shaft, an arm extending away from the shaft, a split connecting collar pivotally mounted on the support shaft and connected to the arm to connect the arm to the support shaft, and a tool connected to the arm for engaging the molded items and for removing the molded items from the molding machine. Two embodiments of the split collar are disclosed. The first is a multiple piece component, and the second is a single slotted body. Generally, both of these collars are designed such that installation or removal does not require that the shaft be pushed linearly through the diameter of the collar. Rather, the installation or removal of the collar is performed by moving the collar, or the collar components, away from the shaft, in a direction perpendicular to the shaft centerline instead of along and over the shaft diameter to the endpoint.
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Underwood Donald W.
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