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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2023
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2020
Applicant:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Inventors:
Sucheta Roy, Puyallup, WA (US);
Steven Bradley Buhr, Tacoma, WA (US);
Vatsal Mehta, Renton, WA (US);
Roland J Menassa, Macomb, MI (US);
Assignee:
Amazon Technologies, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 1/00 (2006.01); B08B 3/08 (2006.01); B25J 19/00 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B08B 13/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B08B 3/08 (2013.01); B08B 1/001 (2013.01); B08B 13/00 (2013.01); B25J 9/1679 (2013.01); B25J 19/0058 (2013.01); B08B 2203/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A robotic arm can clean an end-of-arm tool using a cleaning station. The end-of-arm tool can be positioned at an introduction position with a portion of the end-of-arm tool in contact with a cleaning agent contained within the cleaning station. The end-of-arm tool can be positioned at a scrubbing position with the end-of-arm tool in contact with a cleaning surface. And the end-of-arm tool can be positioned at a drying position for drying of the end-of-arm tool.