Material separating tool
AssigneeMcKesson Automation Inc.
InventorRobert Jaynes
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Abstract
A tool for separating material layers may include a first arm including a first end and a second end; a second arm including a first end and a second end; a first material contact pad carried by the first arm proximate the first end of the first arm; and a second material contact pad carried by the second arm proximate the first end of the second arm. The second end of the first arm may be joined to the second end of the second arm, and the first material contact pad and the second material contact pad may be movable with respect to one another along two substantially orthogonal axes.
Claims20
A tool for separating material layers comprising:
- a first arm comprising a first end and a second end;
- a second arm comprising a first end and a second end;
- a first material contact pad carried by the first arm proximate the first end of the first arm;
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- a second material contact pad carried by the second arm proximate the first end of the second arm;
- wherein the second end of the first arm is joined to the second end of the second arm, and
- wherein the first material contact pad and the second material contact pad are movable with respect to one another along two substantially orthogonal axes.
A tool for separating material layers comprising:
- a first material contact surface defining a first material contact plane, wherein a first axis is defined orthogonal to the first material contact plane, and a second axis is defined parallel to the first material contact plane;
- a second material contact surface defining a second material contact plane, wherein the first material contact surface faces the second material contact surface, and wherein the first material contact surface and the second material contact surface are separated by a gap;
- wherein the first material contact surface is connected to the second material contact surface by a body which permits motion between the first material contact surface and the second material contact surface along both the first and second axes.
A method for separating layers of materials, comprising:
- positioning a first layer of material and a second layer of material between a first material contact pad and a second material contact pad, wherein the first material contact pad is carried by a first arm and a second material contact pad is carried by a second arm;
- capturing the first layer of material and the second layer of material in response to pressing together the first material contact pad and the second material contact pad;
- pivoting at least a portion of the first arm relative to the second arm in order to pivot one of the material contact pads relative to the other material contact pad.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.