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US 10,272,563 B2Granted
Tooling arm
AssigneeEngineering Services Inc.
InventorsAndrew A. Goldenberg, Jun Lin
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Abstract
A tooling arm includes a housing, a drive system, a lead screw and nut assembly, and a scoop assembly. The lead screw and nut assembly is operably connected to the drive system such that rotation of the nut drives the lead screw upwardly and downwardly relative to the housing. The scoop assembly is operably connected to the lead screw. The scoop assembly has an open position and a closed position and movement of the lead screw downwardly responsively moves the scoop assembly from the open position to the closed position.
Claims16
A tooling arm comprising:
- a housing;
- a drive system;
- a lead screw and nut assembly having a lead screw operably connected to the drive system such that rotation of a nut drives the lead screw upwardly and downwardly relative to the housing;
- a scoop assembly having a pair of scoops, a pair of links and a shuttle, with each scoop being pivotally attached to the shuttle, each link being pivotally attached at one end thereof to a bracket and the other end thereof to one of the pair of scoops and wherein the scoop assembly acts as a four bar link mechanism;
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- wherein the scoop assembly is connected to the lead screw, and the scoop assembly has an open position and a closed position and movement of the lead screw downwardly responsively moves the scoop assembly from the open position to the closed position.
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A tooling arm comprising:
- a housing;
- a drive system;
- a lead screw and nut assembly having a lead screw and a guide tube, the lead screw being operably connected to the drive system and having a screw pin extending through the lead screw, the guide tube having a slot therein, whereby the lead screw motioning is limited by the slot such that rotation of a nut drives the lead screw upwardly and downwardly relative to the housing;
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- a scoop assembly connected to the lead screw, the scoop assembly having an open position and a closed position and movement of the lead screw downwardly responsively moves the scoop assembly from the open position to the closed position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.