Agricultural tool and process
AssigneeKubota Corporation
InventorsPius Ng, Roatchanatam Anattasakul
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Abstract
A method for fastening or attaching an agricultural item of interest to a support structure includes housing one or more clips in a magazine, and moving a sliding arm, which is driven by a motor, between a retracted position and a deployed position to attach a clip, from among the one or more clips, to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure to fasten or attach the agricultural item of interest to the support structure.
Claims18
A method for fastening or attaching an agricultural item of interest to a support structure, the method comprising:
- housing one or more clips in a magazine;
- moving a sliding arm, which is driven by a motor, between a retracted position and a deployed position to attach a clip, from among the one or more clips, to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure to fasten or attach the agricultural item of interest to the support structure;
- and
- controlling a robotic arm to which the sliding arm is attached to move the sliding arm laterally by a first predetermined distance to release the clip from a holder of the sliding arm after the clip has been attached to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure.
A method for fastening or attaching an agricultural item of interest to a support structure, the method comprising:
- housing one or more clips in a magazine;
- and
- moving a sliding arm, which is driven by a motor, between a retracted position and a deployed position to attach a clip, from among the one or more clips, to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure to fasten or attach the agricultural item of interest to the support structure;
- wherein
- the moving the sliding arm includes driving a plurality of gears by the motor, to move the sliding arm between the retracted position and the deployed position;
- and
- the moving the sliding arm includes converting a rotational motion of a sliding arm gear, which is included in the plurality of gears, into a linear motion of the sliding arm using a Scotch Yoke mechanism including the sliding arm gear and the sliding arm.
A method for fastening or attaching an agricultural item of interest to a support structure, the method comprising:
- moving an arm between a retracted position and a deployed position to attach a clip to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure to fasten or attach the agricultural item of interest to the support structure;
- and
- controlling a robotic arm to which the arm is attached to move the arm laterally by a first predetermined distance to release the clip from a holder of the arm after the clip has been attached to the agricultural item of interest and the support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.