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US 2010/0133862 A1Published application
Pick and place gripper device
AssigneeAew Delford Systems Limited
InventorRichard John HAWES
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Abstract
A gripper device is provided for picking up and releasing an article. The device includes a support (15, 16) and a pair of grippers (10, 11) pivotally mounted on the support for movement of their distal ends towards and away from each other. A belt (1) is belt arranged to extend across the gap defined between the distal ends of the grippers when they are spaced apart so that the belt is able to extend over the article to be picked up and to extend around the article when the grippers have been moved towards each other to pick up the article.
Claims20
A gripper device for picking up and releasing an article, comprising:
- a support;
- a pair of grippers pivotally mounted on the support for movement of distal ends thereof towards and away from each other;
- and
- a belt arranged to extend across the gap defined between the distal ends of the grippers when they are spaced apart so that the belt is able to extend over the article to be picked up and to extend around the article when the grippers have been moved towards each other to pick up the article.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.