End effector

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9296112
SERIAL NO

14741312

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An end effector for the packaging industry comprises has a frame, a bridge on top of the frame, a rack and pinion assembly, actuation rods, carrier assemblies, and vacuum ports. The rack and pinion assembly is configured to be operatively connected to a robot's rotatable shaft, and to the actuation rods. The actuation rods are fixedly connected to one or more of the carrier assemblies. As the robot's shaft rotates, the rack and pinion assembly is actuated, which actuates the actuation rods, which causes the carrier assemblies fixedly connected to the actuation rods to move longitudinally along the frame. Each carrier assembly includes a carrier block and at least one pick-up member. Each carrier block has at least one arm with a grabber to cooperate with an adjacent arm with grabbers of an adjacent carrier block(s) of the same subgroup.

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PROPACK PROCESSING AND PACKAGING SYSTEMS INC4902 UNION RD BEAMSVILLE ONTARIO L0R 1B4

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crosby, Kevin George Beamsville, CA 5 12

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