ARTICLE GRIPPER

• Main Authors: MAEDA SHUICHI, OBAYASHI YUJIRO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 22.02.2021
• Subjects: CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES; HAND TOOLS; MANIPULATORS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; TRANSPORTING

To provide a sanitary article gripper for easily restraining a sticking object from sticking still for a long time to a gripping member without stopping a device for maintenance.SOLUTION: An article gripper causes a gripping member to grip an article, and then discharges the article by causing the gripping member to release the gripping of the article. The article gripper comprises a gripping member driving mechanism for driving the gripping member, and a control part for controlling the gripping member driving mechanism. The control part has a first control mode and a second control mode different from the first control mode as control modes of the gripping member driving mechanism. In the first control mode, the control part controls the gripping member driving mechanism to cause the gripping member to execute first operation of gripping the article and then releasing the gripping of the article. In the second control mode, the control part controls the gripping member driving mechanism to cause the gripping member to execute second operation of removing a sticking object sticking to the gripping member.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 7 【課題】メンテナンスのために装置を停止させることなく、付着物が把持部材に長時間付着したままとなることが抑制されやすい、衛生的な物品把持装置を提供する。【解決手段】物品把持装置は、把持部材に物品を把持させ、その後に把持部材に物品の把持を解除させることで物品を排出する装置である。物品把持装置は、把持部材を駆動する把持部材駆動機構と、把持部材駆動機構を制御する制御部と、を備える。制御部は、把持部材駆動機構の制御モードとして、第１制御モードと、第１制御モードとは別の第２制御モードと、を有する。第１制御モードでは、制御部は、把持部材駆動機構を制御して、把持部材に物品を把持させ、その後に物品の把持を解除させる第１動作を実行させる。第２制御モードでは、制御部は、把持部材駆動機構を制御して、把持部材に、把持部材に付着した付着物を除去する第２動作を実行させる。【選択図】図７