Fixture and method for handling stacking objects
AssigneeABB Schweiz AG
InventorsHaoteng Lei, Jianqiang Jia, Dongjie Guo, Bojun Ma, Yin Tian
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Abstract
A fixture and a method for handling stacking objects which can improve automation degree of handling stacking objects. The fixture for handling stacking objects includes a frame; a first carriage which has a first upper arm; a second carriage which has a second upper arm; and a first actuator configured to synchronously move the first carriage and the second carriage in the first direction between a first position at which the first upper arm and the second upper arm to clamp a first object from two opposite sides of the first object.
Claims20
A fixture for handling stacking objects, comprising
- a frame;
- a first carriage arranged on the frame and comprising a first upper arm;
- a second carriage arranged on the frame in parallel with the first carriage at a position different from the first carriage in a first direction and comprising a second upper arm;
- and
- a first actuator attached to the frame and configured to synchronously move the first carriage and the second carriage in the first direction between a first position at which the first upper arm and the second upper arm are close to each other to clamp a first object from two opposite sides of the first object and a second position at which the first upper arm and the second upper arm are far away from each other to release the first object.
A method for handling stacking objects, comprising
- gripping a first object in the stacking objects from two opposite sides of the first object by moving a first upper arm of a first carriage and a second upper arm of a second carriage close to each other in a first direction;
- gripping a second object located below the first object from two opposite sides of the second object by moving a first lower arm of a third carriage and a second lower arm of a fourth carriage close to each other in the first direction;
- and
- separating the first object from the second object.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.