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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:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
May. 11, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert S. Grams, Waukesha, WI (US);
Scott K. Haddix, Waukesha, WI (US);
Assignee:
ABB Automation Inc., New Berlin, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/102 ; B65B 6/900 ; B65G 6/504 ; B65G 6/534 ; B66C 1/42 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65B 2/102 ; B65B 6/900 ; B65G 6/504 ; B65G 6/534 ; B66C 1/42 ;
Abstract
A device for mechanically gripping, transporting, loading and unloading cylindrical containers of various sizes for attachment to a robotic arm. The containers may be bottles including drinking water bottles. The device includes a plurality of gripping mechanisms for gripping the containers. Support pins are also provided for supporting the rotational motion of full bottles. A system for efficiently removing empty containers from racks and simultaneously loading full containers is also disclosed.