Dialyzer manufacturing tool
AssigneeFresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
InventorsBryce Aaron Virgil, Bill Ray Cower
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Abstract
A dialyzer housing manufacturing system includes a molding device configured to mold a dialyzer housing, and a tool coupled to a robotic arm and configured to retrieve the dialyzer housing from the molding device after the dialyzer housing is molded. The tool includes a frame, a first suction cup connected to a first portion of the frame, and a second suction cup connected to a second portion of the frame, the second suction cup being oriented about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup.
Claims22
A dialyzer housing manufacturing system comprising:
- a molding device configured to mold a dialyzer housing;
- and
- a tool coupled to a robotic arm and configured to retrieve the dialyzer housing from the molding device after the dialyzer housing is molded, the tool comprising:
- a frame;
- a first suction cup connected to a first portion of the frame;
- and
- a second suction cup connected to a second portion of the frame, the second suction cup being oriented at an angle of about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup such that the first and second suction cups face different directions,
- wherein the tool is rotatable about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees into a first position in which the second portion of the frame faces a first direction,
- wherein the tool is rotatable about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees into a second position in which the first portion of the frame faces the first direction, and
- wherein a width of the tool in the first position is less than a width of the tool in the second position.
A device for removing a dialyzer housing from a mold, the device comprising:
- a tool coupled to a robotic arm, the tool comprising:
- a frame;
- a first suction cup connected to a first portion of the frame;
- and
- a second suction cup connected to a second portion of the frame, the second suction cup being oriented at an angle of about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup such that the first and second suction cups face different directions,
- wherein the tool is rotatable about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees into a first position in which the second portion of the frame faces a first direction,
- wherein the tool is rotatable about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees into a second position in which the first portion of the frame faces the first direction, and
- wherein a width of the tool in the first position is less than a width of the tool in the second position;
- and
- a pin rotatably coupling the tool to the robotic arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.