| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
|---|
| 414737000 | Grab is a suction or magnetic article engaging means | 20 |
| 20090297316 | Integrated Vacuum Gripper with Internal Releasable Magnet and Method of Using Same - An integrated vacuum and magnetic gripper includes a rigid housing defining an internal chamber, and a flexible vacuum cup operatively connected thereto. A vacuum cavity is defined by the vacuum cup and a vacuum source is configured to reduce pressure in the vacuum cavity. A permanent magnet is disposed within the rigid housing, and a magnet release mechanism is configured to selectively render the magnet incapable of exerting sufficient force to hold the work piece. A pole plate may be interposed between the internal chamber and vacuum cavity, such that the pole plate forms a portion of the internal chamber and may act to provide friction on the work piece. A method of using the gripped includes operating at high acceleration while the vacuum gripper is monitored as fully operational and operating only at lower acceleration while the vacuum gripper is not fully operational. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20090311087 | Apparatus for picking up semiconductor package - Disclosed is a semiconductor package pickup apparatus. The apparatus includes a picker base formed with first and second main feeding holes, which are connected to each pneumatic line providing a pneumatic pressure and aligned in a dual-layer structure, and an adsorption pad coupled to a lower portion of the picker base and formed with adsorption holes connected to the first and second main feeding holes. The pneumatic pressure supplied into the first and second main feeding holes is independently controlled, so that the apparatus easily loads or picks up semiconductor packages, even if the size of the semiconductor packages becomes reduced. | 12-17-2009 |
| 20090324377 | APPARATUS FOR HANDLING LAYERS OF PALLETISED GOODS - An apparatus for handling layers of palletised goods, including a vertically displaceable lift head ( | 12-31-2009 |
| 20100080680 | SUBSTRATE CONVEYING ARM - A conveying arm for conveying a substrate while holding it with suction pads has, on the side of the conveying arm from which the suction pads extend, elastic members, such as flat springs, which are shorter than the suction pads. The flat springs are located above the tip ends of the suction pads when they hold the substrate and when the substrate is lowered to the work stage, the flat springs press any bent portions of the substrate down toward the work stage, which leads to flattening of surface of the substrate against the work stage so as to eliminate leakage of vacuum, used for suctioning the substrate against the work stage, from peripheral portions of the substrate. As a result, the substrate can be securely held on the work stage. | 04-01-2010 |
| 20100296905 | LOADING/UNLOADING SYSTEM SERVING A SHEET CUTTING CENTRE, FEEDING TRAY THEREFOR AND RELATIVE HANDLING METHOD - A system for loading/unloading sheets is disclosed, some of which also being of metal, and handling method thereof, serving a laser cutting centre. The system includes a pair of rails ( | 11-25-2010 |
| 20100296906 | SINGLE-SHAFT LINEAR MOTOR, MULTI-SHAFT LINEAR MOTOR, AND COMPONENT TRANSFER APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a linear motor provided with a magnetic body and an armature. The liner motor is adapted to produce a force causing the magnet body and the armature to be relatively displaced along a given linear moving direction by interaction of magnetic fluxes generated between the magnetic body and the armature during an operation of supplying electric power to the armature. In a typical aspect, the linear motor of the present invention comprises a movable section attached to a base plate adapted to set the moving direction on a base surface thereof, in such a movable manner as to relatively reciprocate along the moving direction with respect to the base plate. A mover is provided on the movable section and formed as one of the magnetic body and the armature. A stator is provided on the base surface of the base plate in such a manner as to be disposed opposed to the mover in a widthwise direction, and formed as the other one of the magnetic body and the armature to extend along the moving direction. A standing wall is provided on an outer peripheral edge of the base plate at least at a position which is along the moving direction, to define a containing space in cooperation with the base surface. The containing space is opened to allow the stator, the mover, and the movable section to be selectively mounted therein and removed therefrom in a direction perpendicular to the base surface. | 11-25-2010 |
| 20110033275 | DEVICE FOR MOVING AND POSITIONING AN OBJECT IN SPACE - The invention relates to a device for moving and positioning an object in space, having at least three actuator arms each connected to a motor/drive unit and pivotable about a motor/drive axis. The free end of each actuator arm is jointedly connected by connecting rods to a support element having at least one gripping device that can be connected to a vacuum source via a vacuum hose. The gripping device is provided with a suction opening for suctionally gripping the object. According to the invention, the vacuum hose is guided by the support element to the motor/drive axis of one of the motor/drive units, and can be connected to the vacuum source by a rotatable hose joint disposed substantially in the motor/drive axis and rotatable about the motor/drive axis. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20110182708 | ROBOT TOOL - A robot tool for setting plugs ( | 07-28-2011 |
| 20120039697 | ROBOTIC ARM - A robotic arm is for holding a molded item. The robotic arm includes a mount; a suction cup assembly r for holding the molded item; and a rotating assembly mounted between the mount and the suction cup assembly to adjust the angle between the suction cup assembly and to the mount. | 02-16-2012 |
| 20130039731 | CARTON FEEDER SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY FEEDING A PLURALITY OF CARTONS TO A CONVEYOR TRACK USING A PLURALITY OF PICK-UP HEADS - Embodiments include a carton feeding system for feeding a plurality of cartons to a conveyor track, comprising a plurality of feeding devices, where each feeding device comprises a pick-up head with a plurality of vacuum cups, and an erecting finger pivotally suspended at the pick-up head, where the pick-up head has a pick-up position (P | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130272833 | SOLAR CELL STRING LAYUP SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for layup of a solar cell string on a substrate includes a robotic arm having a pickbar attached to a free end thereof. The pickbar has an elongated body with a plurality of vacuum grippers spaced along the body each for gripping an individual solar cell of the solar cell string. A vacuum source applies a vacuum through the vacuum grippers to grip the solar cells and a controller connected to the robotic arm positioned the solar cell string gripped by the pickbar on a substrate. A pair of sensor assemblies mounted on the pickbar generates signals representing positions of portions of the solar cell string and features of the substrate. The controller responds to the signals for positioning the gripped solar cell string relative to the substrate. | 10-17-2013 |
| 20130302126 | MULTI-CELL ROTARY END EFFECTOR MECHANISM - A rotary end effector for use for the high speed handling of workpieces, such as solar cells, is disclosed. The rotary end effector is capable of infinite rotation. The rotary end effector has a gripper bracket, capable of supporting a plurality of grippers, arranged in any configuration, such as a 4×1 linear array. Each gripper is in communication with a suction system, wherein, in some embodiments, each gripper can be selectively enabled and disabled. Provisions are also made to allow electrical components, such as proximity sensors, to be mounted on the rotating gripper bracket. In another embodiment, an end effector with multiple surfaces, each with a plurality of grippers, is used. | 11-14-2013 |
| 20140037416 | Method and transfer device for transferring a tube in a tube filling machine - For the purpose of transferring a tube in a tube filling machine between a staging location and a set-down location, the tube at the staging location is gripped at its lateral surface by a holding device and transported by a transfer device to the set-down location where it is set down while simultaneously being rotated about its longitudinal axis or about an axis parallel thereto during transport. Such a transfer device has a multiple-member articulated arm, which has at least one 1st arm member that is mounted to pivot about a rotary axis and directly or indirectly pivotably supports at least one holding member. The holding member carries at least one holding device by means of which the tube can be picked up and which can be pivoted about an axis that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the tube or that coincides therewith. | 02-06-2014 |
| 20140126986 | BACK CARD FEEDING SYSTEM - A card feeding system that feeds cards from a stack to a conveyor system beneath product being carried. A card feed path arranged between a feed conveyor and the outfeed conveyor includes a fixed feed pinch roll and a pivot arm with a pivoting pinch roll and a pair of delivery rolls. A card stack receiving platform is located beneath a picker arm. An elevator is provided for raising the platform with the card stack. The picker arm has suction cups, and is pivotable from a card pick-up position to a feed position in which the card is positioned between the pivoting and fixed pinch rolls. A controller actuates the elevator, the picker arm, the pivot arm, the fixed and delivery pinch rolls to deliver single ones of the cards as product to be placed on the card transitions from the feed conveyor to the outfeed conveyor. | 05-08-2014 |
| 20140147239 | ROBOT SYSTEM, SUCTION HAND, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PRODUCT INCLUDING WORKPIECE - A robot system includes a suction hand and a multi-articular robot. The suction hand is configured to hold a flexible sheet workpiece. The multi-articular robot includes an arm to which the suction hand is mounted. The multi-articular robot is configured to press the suction hand against the flexible sheet workpiece and make the suction hand suck the flexible sheet workpiece, and is configured to move the arm of the multi-articular robot while turning the suction hand relative to a surface on which the flexible sheet workpiece is placed in advance, so as to remove the flexible sheet workpiece from the surface and hold the flexible sheet workpiece. | 05-29-2014 |
| 20140334907 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR ASSISTED OBJECT HANDLING IN DANGEROUS ENVIRONMENTS - A system for remote object handling including a public safety vehicle having a front portion. An articulated arm has a first end and a second end distinct from the first end, the arm being coupled to the front portion at the first end, and has at least one pivot disposed between the first end and the second end. A gripping element is removably coupled to the second end, wherein the gripping element is one of a pincer device, a hand device having at least three fingers or a shovel. A video camera is also coupled to the second end. An arm control is disposed within the vehicle and is operable to control the operation of the arm, the manipulator and the video camera, and a video interface is coupled to the video camera which is operable to display output from the video camera. | 11-13-2014 |
| 20150290813 | CONVEYING METHOD AND CONVEYING DEVICE OF RUBBER MEMBER - In a conveying method of a rubber member for receiving the rubber member which is supplied from a supply device and is curved, and transferring the received rubber member to a supply receiving device in a curved state, the method includes a step of winding the rubber member from a leading end portion onto a mounting surface of a rotary table by forwardly rotating the rotary table and receiving the rubber member from the supply device in a state in which a rear end portion of the rubber member is not in contact with the mounting surface, a step of moving the rotary table from a receiving position to a transferring position, and a step of winding back the rubber member from the rear end portion so as to transfer the rubber member to the supply receiving device by reversely rotating the rotary table. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150290816 | PUMP ASSEMBLY - The disclosure generally relates to pump assembly that includes a rotary vane vacuum pump. The pump assembly is controlled using a controller and may be moved through manipulation of a robotic arm segment of the pump assembly and a reel and cable segment of the pump assembly. The vacuum pump includes a motor and rotor each offset from the center axis of the body of the vacuum pump. Vanes that are longer than the diameter of the rotor slide within cavities of the rotor and, as the rotor turns, create a vacuum in the vacuum generating chamber of the pump. A bypass groove on the rotor limits thermal expansion and a biasing spring maintains a critical distance between the rotor and an air intake plate to maintain proper vacuum in the vacuum generating chamber. | 10-15-2015 |
| 20150352723 | DEVICE FOR REMOVING PLATE-SHAPED ELEMENTS, IN PARTICULAR CARDBOARD BLANKS - The present invention relates to a device ( | 12-10-2015 |
| 20160250756 | GRIPPING DEVICE FOR A CO-HANDLING ROBOT, AND CO-HANDLING ROBOT EQUIPPED WITH SUCH A DEVICE | 09-01-2016 |
