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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2018
Applicants:
Kawasaki Jukogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Kobe, JP;
Medicaroid Corporation, Kobe, JP;
Inventors:
Yukio Iwasaki, Kobe, JP;
Satoshi Ouchi, Kobe, JP;
Eiji Mitsui, Kobe, JP;
Junichi Matsuoka, Kobe, JP;
Yukihiko Kitano, Kobe, JP;
Assignees:
KAWASAKI JUKOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Hyogo, JP;
MEDICAROID CORPORATION, Hyogo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/28 (2006.01); B25J 1/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 7/28 (2013.01); B25J 1/00 (2013.01); B25J 15/0253 (2013.01);
Abstract
The present invention provides a lid closing device and a lid closing method, each of which does not require a high degree of accuracy when performing a lid closing operation. A holding portion moves such that a lid is located at a position above a container. Holding of the lid by the holding portion is released at the position above the container. The lid falls to cover the container. Thus, the lid closing operation is performed.