US 6,629,594 B2 · Device and method for handling objects, in particular items of luggage

Abstract

The invention relates to a device and to a method for handling objects, in particular items of luggage. The device has a supporting arm that is freely moveable in at least two axes and that is articulated on a central unit which is positioned at the end of a conveyor belt for conveying objects. The movement of the supporting arm is controlled in a predeterminable manner and a loading device is configured at the free end of the supporting arm. The loading device has a supporting platform for picking up objects and has a rear and a side boundary against which the object that has been picked up in each case rests. The device includes an unloading device which removes the object that has been picked up from the supporting platform.

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Dependent claims

A device for handling objects conveyed to an end of a conveying track, the device comprising:

a central unit for positioning at an end of a conveying track that conveys an object;
a supporting arm that is articulated on said central unit for a controlled movement about at least two axes in a predetermined manner, said supporting arm having a free end;
a loading device configured at said free end of the supporting arm, said loading device having a supporting platform for picking up the object, said loading device having a side boundary and a rear boundary against which the picked-up object rests;
and
an unloading device for removing the picked-up object from said supporting platform.

2 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

09/910,742Filed 23 Jul 2001

Priority

DE 100 35 81022 Jul 2000

Published

US 2002/0020607 A121 Feb 2002

Granted

7 Oct 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

B65H 31/3081
Arrangements for removing completed piles: by acting on edge of the pile for moving it along a surface, e.g. by pushing
B25J 15/0014
Gripping heads and other end effectors: having fork, comb or plate shaped means for engaging the lower surface on a object to be transported
B65G 47/90
Feeding, transfer, or discharging devices of particular kinds or types: devices for picking-up and depositing articles or materials
B65G 61/00
Use of pick-up or transfer devices or of manipulators for stacking or

Device and method for handling objects, in particular items of luggage

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Device and method for handling objects, in particular items of luggage

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Abstract

Claims29