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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:
Oct. 05, 1976
Filed:
Dec. 24, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Floyd M Holroyd, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors Corporation, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214 / ; 214 / ; 2141465 ; 2141 / ;
Abstract
An article gripper mounting device for a multi-axis manipulator that is attachable to the wrist assembly of the support arm and allows the manipulator to be used for moving articles along a straight line located in a substantial vertical plane without requiring concurrent movement of the support arm. The mounting device includes a carriage that is rotatably supported by a ring member combined with the wrist assembly and is movable along parallel guide rods through a linear actuator for providing the straight line movement.