Device for moving and positioning an object in space
AssigneeRobert Bosch GmbH
InventorChristian Lehmann
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Abstract
The invention relates to a device for moving and positioning an object in space, having at least three actuator arms each connected to a motor/drive unit and pivotable about a motor/drive axis. The free end of each actuator arm is jointedly connected by connecting rods to a support element having at least one gripping device that can be connected to a vacuum source via a vacuum hose. The gripping device is provided with a suction opening for suctionally gripping the object. According to the invention, the vacuum hose is guided by the support element to the motor/drive axis of one of the motor/drive units, and can be connected to the vacuum source by a rotatable hose joint disposed substantially in the motor/drive axis and rotatable about the motor/drive axis.
Claims7
1-4. (canceled)
A device for moving and positioning an object in space, having at least three actuation arms, each connected to a motor-drive unit and pivotable about a motor/drive axis, wherein, for gripping the object by suction, a free end of the actuation arm is pivotably connected via vacuum rods to a support element having at least one gripping device, connectable to a vacuum source via a vacuum hose, the vacuum hose being guided by the support element toward the motor/drive axis of one of the motor-drive units and being connected to the vacuum source via a rotatable hose joint that is disposed essentially along the motor/drive axis and is rotatable about the motor/drive axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.