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US 8,505,869 B2Granted
Support frame for robots
AssigneeMultivac Sepp Haggenmueller SE & Co. KG
InventorPeter Imhof
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a support frame for a robot, in particular for use in applications for which hygiene is critical, for example in the handling of foods, medical equipment products, or pharmaceuticals, and/or packaging for same. According to the invention, the support frame is characterized in that it has an essentially open design which is closed, at the most, only in places.
Claims20
A support frame and robot combination comprising:
- a support frame having a substantially open frame profile, the support frame comprising a side structure that includes two side elements that are arranged spaced apart from and adjacent one another at least along sections of the side elements, and at least one connecting bar that joins together the two side elements, wherein the side elements each have at least one recess, and the at least one connecting bar is inserted into the recesses;
- and a robot attached to the support frame and supported by the support frame;
- wherein the side structure includes a plurality of the connecting bars, and each side element includes a plurality of the recesses, and wherein one end of each connecting bar has multiple projections, and each projection is inserted into a recess of one of the side elements.
An apparatus comprising:
- a support frame including:
- first and second side structures that each include first and second spaced apart side elements, and multiple laterally extending connecting bars that join together the side elements such that each side structure defines a generally open structure, wherein each side element includes multiple recesses, and each connecting bar includes multiple projections that extend into the recesses such that the side structures are free of localized raised areas;
- and multiple transverse braces that connect the side structures together;
- wherein each side structure defines an opening;
- a conveying system that extends through the openings in the side structures;
- and a robot attached to the support frame and supported by the support frame, the robot including a handling device for positioning products on the conveying system.
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