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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2008
Junji Koyama, Nagano, JP;
Syunichi Tezuka, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Miyagi, JP;
Yasuhisa Hirata, Miyagi, JP;
Junya Ichinose, Miyagi, JP;
Junji Koyama, Nagano, JP;
Syunichi Tezuka, Nagano, JP;
Kazuhiro Kosuge, Miyagi, JP;
Yasuhisa Hirata, Miyagi, JP;
Junya Ichinose, Miyagi, JP;
Harmonic Drive Systems Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
When dishes are held by means of a robot hand (), its fixed side engaging plate () and movable side engaging finger () are moved under horizontal state toward a dish () to be handled, and the outer circumferential edge side portion of the dish () is inserted between them. The distal end portion () of the movable side engaging finger () is then bent by a predetermined amount to the side of the dish () and the robot hand () is raised. Consequently, the dish () is brought into a state where it is held by its own weight between the fixed side engaging plate () and the movable side engaging finger (). Thereafter, the right and left first finger units () are bent to the side of the dish () and the dish () is pushed by their dish pushing faces (), thus bringing about such a state as the dish () is held surely between the fixed side engaging plate () and the movable side engaging finger ().