HAND FOR BOARD CARRYING ROBOT

• Main Authors: KIMATA KAZUO, INUKAI YASUHIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 21.03.2000
• Edition: 7
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; CONVEYING; HAND TOOLS; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; MANIPULATORS; PACKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS; STORING; TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING ORTIPPING; TRANSPORTING

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To hold any of a base board back surface by one hand without replacing the hand. SOLUTION: A hand 1 is formed having a base part 10 and a board holding part 20. The holding part 20 has a pair of board sucking bodies 21A and 21B for holding a board W, and the bodies 21A and 21B are movably constituted so as to access and separate with each other by an air cylinder 23, and also plural sucking holes 26A and 26B for suckedly holding the board W are formed on the respective bodies 21A and 21B. Moreover board presence/absence sensors 27 are fitted to the tip parts of the respective bodies 21A and 21B, to detect the presence/absence of the board W housed in a cassette.