Picking mechanism and robot arm

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PATENT NO 11472042
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17622380

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In a picking mechanism for picking four or more columnar objects, when the plurality of objects have been picked, the objects are respectively held by holding member and supported by guide members while arranged on a base member in a plurality of rows, wherein a total sectional area of the guide members provided in regions of the base member that are each surrounded by circumferences of four circles serving as projections of four objects is smaller than a total sectional area of the guide members provided in regions of the base member that are each surrounded by one or two sides of a virtual rectangle, the virtual rectangle being formed so as to surround all of a plurality of circles serving as the projections of all of the plurality of objects while contacting the circumferences of the plurality of circles, and two or one of the projections.

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THK CO LTD11-6 NISHI-GOTANDA 3-CHOME SHINAGAWA-KU TOKYO 141-8503

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hidaka, Kenji Tokyo, JP 19 272
Matsuo, Yoshikazu Tokyo, JP 35 128
Nomura, Yuki Tokyo, JP 37 204
Sakaguchi, Takaki Tokyo, JP 1 0

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