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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2024
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2020
Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);
David L. Schmidt, Zimmerman, MN (US);
Steven John Tschida, Harris, MN (US);
KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);
Abstract
A gripping assembly for a robot includes a body and a pair of jaw supports supported for slidable movement on the body toward and away from each. Each jaw support has a pair of spaced apart apertures for receiving spaced apart securing posts of a jaw. Each jaw support includes a support body and a pair of locking slides. Each locking slide has a first end configured to engage a securing post when the securing post is disposed in a corresponding aperture. At least one actuator is configured to drive the locking slides away from each other to engage the securing posts. A jaw support actuator is configured to drive the jaw supports toward and away from each other.