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US 12,187,571 B2Granted
Reel handling robot and a method for handling reels of web material
AssigneeFameccanica.Data S.p.A.
InventorFabio Passarella
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Abstract
A reel handling robot for handling reels of web material, includes a movable arm carrying an end effector having a base, a reel picking tool, and a web gripping tool configured for gripping a head portion of a web on an outer surface of the reel.
Claims7
A reel handling robot for handling reels of web material, comprising a movable arm carrying an end effector, wherein the end effector comprises:
- a base connected to said movable arm,
- a reel picking tool carried by said base and configured for securing a reel to the base, and
- a web gripping tool carried by said base and configured for gripping a head portion of the web material on an outer surface of the reel,
- wherein said reel picking tool and said web gripping tool are located on opposite sides of the base.
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A reel handling robot for handling reels of web material, comprising a movable arm carrying an end effector, wherein the end effector comprises:
- a base connected to said movable arm,
- a reel picking tool carried by said base and configured for securing a reel to the base, and
- a web gripping tool carried by said base and configured for gripping a head portion of the web material on an outer surface of the reel,
- wherein the reel picking tool includes an expansion shaft configured for being inserted into a central hole of the reel, and
- wherein the reel picking tool comprises an extractor device including a first plate fixed to the base and carrying at least one actuator, and a second plate controlled by said at least one actuator and movable along an axis of the expansion shaft between a retracted position and an extracted position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.