Gripper with parts ejector system
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorsSham S. Nayar, James J. Stirn, Terrence L. Grewe
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Abstract
A robotic tool picks and places a clinging part in an assembly. Two gripper jaws each have gripper fingers spaced apart from each other by a central spacing. The gripper jaws are movable between a grip position and a release position. The robotic tool also has an ejector. The ejector has a part pusher that is cling resistant and movable in the central spacings between a retracted position, and an eject position in which the cling resistant part pusher ejects the clinging part.
Claims14
A robotic tool for picking and placing a clinging part, comprising:
- first and second gripper jaws, the first gripper jaw including gripper fingers spaced apart from one another by a first central spacing, and the second gripper jaw including gripper fingers spaced apart from one another by a second central spacing;
- the gripper jaws being movable between a grip position in which the gripper jaws grip the clinging part and a release position in which the gripper jaws release and retract from the clinging part;
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- an ejector having a cling resistant part pusher movable in the first and second central spacings between a retracted position in which the part pusher is retracted and contacts the clinging part, and an eject position in which the part pusher ejects the clinging part.
A robotic tool for picking and placing a clinging part, comprising:
- first and second gripper jaws, the first gripper jaw including gripper fingers spaced apart from one another by a first central spacing, and the second gripper jaw including gripper fingers spaced apart from one another by a second central spacing;
- the gripper jaws being movable between a grip position in which the gripper jaws grip the clinging part and a release position in which the gripper jaws release and retract from the clinging part;
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- means for ejecting the clinging part from the first and second gripper jaws, the means for ejecting being movable in the first and second central spacings wherein the means for ejecting has a retracted position in which the means for ejecting contacts the clinging part.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.