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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2018
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Leonard Thomas Lilliston, III, Roxbury, MA (US);
Beth A. Marcus, North Reading, MA (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/04 (2006.01); B65H 29/24 (2006.01); B65H 3/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B25J 9/045 (2013.01); B65H 3/0883 (2013.01); B65H 29/241 (2013.01); B65H 2555/31 (2013.01);
Abstract
An articulating end-of-arm tool includes back-drive capability. The tool has a cable drive including a vertically oriented capstan head, a pair of idler pulleys, a driven pulley and a tensioner. The driven pulley pivot on a hollow shaft, through which a vacuum channel passes. The vacuum channel extends through the length of the body, including past the vertically oriented motor. The driven pulley is within 10 degrees of perpendicular of the longitudinal axis of the tool.