Operating device for placing or retrieving bottle-like piece goods
AssigneeBecton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH
InventorChristoph HELLENBRAND
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Abstract
An operating device for piece goods is provided. The operating device includes a first gripping jaw, a second gripping jaw opposed to the first gripping jaw along a lengthwise axis, the first and second gripping jaws having opposed inner surfaces, an actuation unit configured to rotate the first and second gripping jaws into a position in which one of: the inner surfaces are aligned parallel to each another, and a distance between upper portions of the opposed inner surfaces is greater than a distance between lower portions of the opposed inner surfaces. Machine implemented methods and additional operating devices are also provided.
Claims20
An operating device, comprising:
- a first gripping jaw;
- a second gripping jaw opposed to the first gripping jaw along a lengthwise axis, the first and second gripping jaws having opposed inner surfaces;
- an actuation unit configured to rotate the first and second gripping jaws into a position in which one of:
- the inner surfaces are aligned parallel to each another;
- and
- a distance between upper portions of the opposed inner surfaces is greater than a distance between lower portions of the opposed inner surfaces.
A machine implemented method for handling piece goods, comprising:
- providing first and second opposed gripping jaws adjacent a piece good;
- rotating, by an actuation unit, the first and second gripping jaws into a position for one of:
- aligning inner surfaces of the first and second gripping jaws parallel to each another for rectangular piece goods;
- and
- positioning a distance between upper portions of the inner surfaces to be greater than a distance between lower portions of the inner surfaces for round piece goods.
An operating device, comprising:
- an actuation unit configured to rotate first and second gripping jaws into a position in which one of:
- opposed inner surfaces of the first and second gripping jaws are aligned parallel to each another;
- and
- a distance between upper portions of the opposed inner surfaces is greater than a distance between lower portions of the opposed inner surfaces.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.