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.
Claims20
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 about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup.
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 about 70 degrees to about 110 degrees relative to the first suction cup;
- and
- a pin rotatably coupling the tool to the robotic arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.