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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Andrew Priddis, Mapleton, UT (US);
Braquel Burnett, St. George, UT (US);
Nathan Day, Provo, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
David R. Hall, Provo, UT (US);
Andrew Priddis, Mapleton, UT (US);
Braquel Burnett, St. George, UT (US);
Nathan Day, Provo, UT (US);
Joe Fox, Spanish Fork, UT (US);
Hall Labs LLC, Provo, UT (US);
Abstract
The invention is a planar motion mechanism with a mechanical end effector. The mechanism has a vertical slide table that moves along one or more vertical tracks. The vertical slide table includes one or more horizontal tracks, an arcuate guide rail parallel to the horizontal tracks, and a horizontal slide table that moves along the horizontal tracks. The horizontal slide table comprises an end effector, which is a suspended perpendicular arm with a lip on the bottom edge that supports a load. The end effector, when unloaded, follows the path of the arcuate guide rail as the horizontal slide table moves along the one or more horizontal tracks. In this way, the end effector engages the load in positions near the edge of the arcuate guide rail, but in central positions along the arcuate guide rail, the end effector is distanced from the load so that it can freely maneuver.