Gripper for gripping, moving and depositing a pallet
AssigneeLohr Electromecanique
InventorDaniel Scheer
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a gripper for gripping, moving, orienting, and depositing a pallet. The gripper includes a gripping means for gripping the pallet at the longitudinal side members of a pallet. The gripper is suitable for being hinged to an automated manipulator moving along a support structure, thus making it possible to move, orient, and deposit a pallet in a loading position on the support structure or in an unloading position, for example, on the ground.
Claims20
A gripper for grasping a pallet, the gripper comprising attachment means for gripping the pallet along longitudinal side members of the pallet, the attachment means comprising:
- a centering pin protruding from a lower face of the gripper, the centering pin adapted to engage a centering hole on an upper face of one of the side members, and
- two snap locks located on either side of the centering pin, both of the two snap locks driven by an actuator and connecting means mounted in the gripper;
- wherein the gripper is adapted to be mounted on an automated manipulator movable along a support structure, thereby allowing the pallet to be at least one of moved, oriented, and deposited in a loading position on the support structure or in an unloading position.
A gripper for grasping a pallet, the gripper comprising attachment means for gripping the pallet along longitudinal side members of the pallet,
- wherein the gripper further comprises actuation means adapted to mechanically engage drive members of the pallet, the drive members adapted to move studs of the pallet;
- wherein the actuation means is received within one of the side members;
- wherein the actuation means protrudes from a lower face of the gripper, the lower face contacting an upper face of one of the side members during attachment and the one of the side members having an opening for receiving the actuation means;
- wherein the actuation means comprise an actuator having a control rod having a free end adapted to cooperate with the drive members;
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- wherein the gripper is adapted to be mounted on an automated manipulator movable along a support structure, thereby allowing the pallet to be at least one of moved, oriented, and deposited in a loading position on the support structure or in an unloading position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.