Robot with packing head and integrated vacuum arm

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9796495
SERIAL NO

14636564

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A robotic material handling apparatus comprises a packing head using vacuum to lift bottles, and a robot arm including two four-bar linkages. The four-bar linkages include a tubular structural member forming a rigid link with an internal passageway extending along the robot arm. A vacuum source is connected by hoses to the internal passageways and to the packing head as a way in integrating the vacuum lines into the robot arm. The packing head has bottle-lifting stations using vacuum to lift bottles, each including a seal shaped to sealingly engage a shoulder on the bottle. A vacuum source is connected to the seal for suctionally gripping the bottle using the shoulder to lift the bottle, regardless of whether a bottle cap is present or is missing.

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INTEGRATED PACKAGING MACHINERY LLC801 FOX ROW COURT ROCKFORD MI 49341

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Boden, William Howard City, US 1 7
Hastings, Alex St. Joseph, US 1 12
Keech, Larry Trufant, US 1 12
Lamb, Paul Comstock Park, US 8 29

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