Gripping and positioning tool for molding machine
AssigneeAXIUM Inc.
InventorsSylvain-Paul Morency, Léonard Desaulniers, Régis Métivier, Robert Battaglia
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Abstract
A gripping and positioning tool to properly position elements into an open mold of a molding machine is described herein. The tool includes a base that receives the element and that may be moved along three orthogonal axes and tilted in two directions with respect to a fixed plate mounted to an assembly. Furthermore, the tool includes graduated scales to determine the degree of tilting, and fasteners to lock in place the gripping and positioning tool once the proper adjustment for positioning is made.
Claims26
A gripping and positioning tool for a molding machine being provided with mold plates that are closeable for molding a part and a robot assembly to position objects prior to the closing of the mold plates the robot arm being movable between the spaced apart plates, the gripping and positioning tool comprising:
- a structure for being positioned between the spaced apart mold plates when the robot arm is moved therebetween thereby being interfaced with a given mold plate, the structure being provided with a movable portion and a fixed portion;
- the movable portion extending from the fixed portion towards said given mold plate when the structure is positioned between the spaced apart mold plates, the fixed portion being so configured and sized as to be mounted to the robot assembly of the molding machine;
- the movable portion being so mounted to the fixed portion as to be adjustable along a plurality of orthogonal axes and tilting directions relative to the fixed portion;
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- a gripping element being mounted to the movable portion of the gripping and positioning tool;
- wherein the combination of the tilting movements and the movements along the orthogonal axes provide for positional adjustment of the gripping and positioning tool.
A gripping and positioning tool for a molding machine being provided with mold plates that are closeable for molding a part and a robot assembly to position objects prior to the closing of the mold plates, the gripping and positioning tool comprising:
- a structure defining a plurality of orthogonal axes and tilting directions, the structure being provided with a movable portion and a fixed portion;
- the fixed portion being so configured and sized as to be mounted to the robot assembly of the molding machine;
- the movable portion being so mounted to the fixed portion as to be adjustable along the plurality of orthogonal axes and tilting directions, the movable portion including an adjusting assembly so configured and positioned as to independently adjust the movable portion along the two tilting directions with respect to the fixed portion, and a body supporting a gripping element;
- the adjusting assembly including a first tilting mechanism so mounted to the body as to allow the gripping element to tilt along a first tilting direction with respect to the fixed portion;
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- the first tilting mechanism including a fixed anchor mounted to the adjusting assembly, a movable anchor pivotally mounted to the body via a curved plate;
- and an adjuster including a knob to which a threaded rod is mounted;
- the threaded rod being engaged with the fixed and movable anchor, whereby rotation of the knob causes the tilting of the gripping and positioning tool in the first tilting direction by bringing the two anchors closer together or farther away from each other,
- wherein the combination of the tilting movements and the movements along the orthogonal axes provide for positional adjustment of the gripping and positioning tool.
A gripping and positioning tool for a molding machine being provided with mold plates that are closeable for molding a part and a robot assembly to position objects prior to the closing of the mold plates, the gripping and positioning tool comprising:
- a structure defining a plurality of orthogonal axes and tilting directions, the structure being provided with a movable portion and a fixed portion;
- the fixed portion being so configured and sized as to be mounted to the robot assembly of the molding machine;
- the movable portion being so mounted to the fixed portion as to be adjustable along the plurality of orthogonal axes and tilting directions, the movable portion including an adjusting assembly so configured and positioned as to independently adjust the movable portion along the two tilting directions with respect to the fixed portion;
- and a body supporting a gripping element;
- the adjusting assembly including a first tilting mechanism so mounted to the body as to allow the gripping element to tilt along a first tilting direction with respect to the fixed portion
- a second tilting mechanism so mounted between the fixed portion and the adjusting assembly as to allow the gripping element to tilt along a second tilting direction with respect to the fixed portion
- wherein the combination of the tilting movements and the movements along the orthogonal axes provide for positional adjustment of the gripping and positioning tool.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.