Material or article handling – Plural – static structures for supporting discrete loads and... – Load-underlying members
Patent
1993-04-07
1995-06-06
Werner, Frank E.
Material or article handling
Plural, static structures for supporting discrete loads and...
Load-underlying members
901 40, 414661, 414752, 294 65, 294 641, B65G 104
Patent
active
054216850
ABSTRACT:
A vacuum-type gripping apparatus includes a frame which is movable between a retracted position, in which the frame is remote from an item stored in a storage bin, and an extended position, in which the frame is proximate to an item stored in the storage bin. The apparatus includes a vacuum-type gripping mechanism which grips the item to be extracted from the storage bin prior to and during the extraction operation. The vacuum-type gripping mechanism employs a redundant vacuum source which improves the operating reliability of the apparatus. A lifting mechanism, which is adapted to engage a bottom surface of the item to be extracted, cooperates with the vacuum-type gripping mechanism during the extraction operation.
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Elmer Wallace S.
Rigling Richard V.
Plevy Arthur L.
Stanley-Vidmar, Inc.
Werner Frank E.
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