Cup holding apparatus and serving robot apparatus including the same
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsMinhee Lee, Sanghyun Kang, Hyunsuk Kwak, Donghan Koo
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Abstract
A cup holding apparatus and a serving robot including the cup holding apparatus are provided. The cup holding apparatus may include a first support member configured to support a cup and having a lower surface that has convex shape; a second support member having an upper surface that has a concave shape and faces the lower surface of the first support member; a third plate provided between the first support member and the second support member; and a plurality of rolling members that pass through and are rotatably supported by the third plate, and contact the lower surface of the first support member and the upper surface of the second support member.
Claims17
A cup holding apparatus comprising:
- a first support member configured to support a cup and having a lower surface that has convex shape;
- a second support member having an upper surface that has a concave shape and faces the lower surface of the first support member;
- a third plate provided between the first support member and the second support member, wherein the third plate comprises a first central hole;
- a block member that protrudes toward the second support member from the lower surface of the first support member and is disposed in the first central hole;
- and
- a plurality of rolling members that pass through and are rotatably supported by the third plate, and contact the lower surface of the first support member and the upper surface of the second support member,
- wherein the block member is configured not to contact an inner circumferential of the first central hole of the third plate when the first support member is not displaced relative to a center of the second support member, and
- wherein the block member is configured to contact the inner circumferential surface of the first central hole of the third plate when the first support member is displaced relative to the center of the second support member by a certain amount.
A serving robot apparatus comprising:
- a main body;
- a driving device configured to move the main body;
- a cup holding apparatus horizontally supported by the main body,
- wherein the cup holding apparatus comprises:
- a first support member configured to support a cup and having a lower surface that has convex shape;
- a second support member having an upper surface that has a concave shape and faces the lower surface of the first support member;
- a third plate provided between the first support member and the second support member, wherein the third plate comprises a first central hole;
- a block member that protrudes toward the second support member from the lower surface of the first support member and is disposed in the first central hole;
- and
- a plurality of rolling members that pass through and are rotatably supported by the third plate, and contact the lower surface of the first support member and the upper surface of the second support member,
- wherein the block member is configured not to contact an inner circumferential surface of the first central hole of the third plate when the first support member is not displaced relative to a center of the second support member, and
- wherein the block member is configured to contact the inner circumferential surface of the first central hole of the third plate when the first support member is displaced relative to the center of the second support member by a certain amount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.