Device and method for handling objects
AssigneeSiemens Aktiengesellschaft
InventorPeter Enenkel
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Abstract
A device for handling objects includes an unloading head, onto which the objects can be transported and from which the objects can be unloaded by an operator. A lifting apparatus is connected to the unloading head. The height of the unloading head can be adjusted by way of the lifting apparatus and a sensing apparatus that can be activated and the height of the unloading head can be adjusted. In order to achieve a throughput increase in the handling of objects, the sensing apparatus is arranged in such a way that the sensing apparatus can be triggered by the operator by way of an object that is located on the unloading head.
Claims16
A device for handling objects, the device comprising:
- an unloading head disposed to receive from a transport device individual objects to be manually unloaded by an operator and to hold the objects for manual unloading by the operator;
- a lifting device connected to said unloading head and configured to adjust a height of said unloading head;
- a triggerable sensor apparatus for activating said lifting device, said sensor apparatus being configured so as to be triggered when the operator grasps an object disposed on said unloading head and tilts the object forward without lifting the object from said unloading head.
A method for handling objects, the method which comprises:
- providing a transport device with an unloading head configured to receive individual objects to be manually unloaded by an operator, and a lifting device for adjusting a level of the unloading head;
- unloading the objects from the unloading head by the operator;
- selectively triggering a sensor apparatus by the operator via an object disposed on the unloading head by tilting an object at the unloading head by the operator without lifting the object from the unloading head;
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- upon triggering of the sensor apparatus, adjusting a level of the unloading head by way of a lifting device.
A device for handling objects, the device comprising:
- an unloading head, disposed to receive from a transport device individual objects to be manually unloaded by an operator and to hold the objects stationary until unloaded by the operator;
- a lifting device connected to said unloading head and configured to adjust a height of said unloading head;
- a triggerable sensor apparatus for activating said lifting device, said sensor apparatus being configured so as to be triggered when the operator grasps an object disposed on said unloading head and tilts the object without lifting the object from the unloading head;
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- at least one scale disposed to measure a weight of the objects on said unloading head, and a signaling device configured to output a signal for the operator regarding each object that has a weight above a predetermined limit value.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.