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US 4,596,076 AGranted
Device for handling a cylindrical or spherical piece
AssigneeMeseltron S.A.
InventorHans Sigg
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Abstract
A device for handling a cylindrical piece (2), equipped with means to measure its diameter comprises two arms (3, 4) provided to grip the piece. In at least one of the arms a dihedron is formed, in which the piece (2) is held, and a length measuring sensor (8) is mounted on the edge of the dihedron, in order to determine the distance from the surface of the piece to the edge, the said distance representing the diameter of the piece.
Claims27
A device for handling and measuring a piece having a diameter and an external surface, comprising:
- two arm means for gripping and carrying said piece in an industrial manufacturing operation, one of said arm means including a dihedron in which said piece is held while being gripped and carried, said dihedron including an edge and a vertex located at the edge thereof, and
- a length measuring sensor connected at the vertex of said dihedron in said one arm means and extending toward said piece to determine the distance from the external surface of the piece to the vertex of said dihedron for use in determining the diameter of said piece.
A device for handling and measuring a piece having a diameter and an external surface, comprising:
- two arm means for gripping and carrying said piece, one of said arm means including a plurality of surfaces used for gripping and carrying said piece in an industrial manufacturing operation in cooperation with said other arm means, said plurality of surfaces meeting at a common vertex;
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- a length measuring sensor connected to said one arm means at said vertex to determine the distance from the external surface of the piece to said vertex when said piece is gripped and carried by said two arm means, for use in determining the diameter of said piece.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.