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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 10, 2022
The Gillette Company Llc, Boston, MA (US);
Mark Knight Robinson, Fresham, GB;
The Gillette Company LLC, Boston, MA (US);
Abstract
A method is provided for transporting components using a gripping apparatus. The gripping apparatus includes a body defining a chamber and includes an exhaust at a first end of the body. The gripping apparatus also includes an air conveyor positioned within the chamber. The method includes attaching a gripper head to a second end of the body opposite to the first end. The gripper head defines one or more openings and a nest. The method further includes generating an air flow through an inlet of the air conveyor and out through the exhaust. The method further includes applying suction via the one or more openings in the gripper head to locate and releasably hold one of the components with the gripper head at the first location based on the generating step. The method further includes transporting the component from the first location to a second location.