Multiple-function hand
AssigneeZymark Corporation
InventorRaymond R. Dunlap
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Abstract
A multiple-function hand useful in automated laboratory operations, particularly liquid transfer operations. A gripper and a piston operated syringe are made compatible on a single function by mounting such that their mechanical actuating mechanisms are operated parallel to one another, while the operating vector of the syphon, i.e., the direction of piston movement and direction of gripper lift are at right angles one to the other.
Claims6
A multiple-function hand for rotatable attachment to a robot arm, said hand comprising at least two tools thereon, at least a first of said tools being mounted for normal use at an angle substantially normal to the angle at which a said second tool is mounted for use, and wherein each said tool is operably connected to two linear-operating means mounted in said hand, said linear-operating means being mounted parallel to one another and wherein said first tool is a gripper means and said second tool is a syringe.
A multiple-function hand for rotatable attachment to a robot arm comprising (a) a syringe tool and means to operate said syringe tool mounted on said hand and (b) gripper means and means to operate said gripper mounted on said hand with gripping surfaces adapted for movement in the same direction as is a barrel of said syringe tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.