A flipping tray picker gantry
AssigneeJabil Inc.
InventorsJEROEN BOSBOOM, BABAK NADERI, MICHAEL MCKENNEY, LUCAS NIELSEN
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Abstract
An apparatus, system and method for a flipping tray picker gantry. The embodiments include at least: a flipping bridge associated with an actuating motor; at least one x-axis drive suitable to move the flipping bridge perpendicularly to a length of rows of items in a pick tray; at least one z-axis drive suitable to move the flipping bridge both up and down with respect to the pick tray; and a plurality of grippers associated with the flipping bridge and suitable for gripping the items when the flipping bridge moves down in the z-axis, and retaining the items as the flipping bridge moves up in the z-axis and the actuating motor flips the flipping bridge.
Claims20
A flipping tray picker gantry, comprising:
- a flipping bridge associated with an actuating motor;
- at least one x-axis drive suitable to move the flipping bridge perpendicularly to a length of rows of items in a pick tray;
- at least one z-axis drive suitable to move the flipping bridge both up and down with respect to the pick tray;
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- a plurality of grippers associated with the flipping bridge and suitable for gripping the items when the flipping bridge moves down in the z-axis, and retaining the items as the flipping bridge moves up in the z-axis and the actuating motor flips the flipping bridge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.