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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 21, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 27, 2012
Applicants:
Roland Lomerson, Jr., Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Michael W. Norton, Richmond, VA (US);
Inventors:
Roland Lomerson, Jr., Lakewood Ranch, FL (US);
Michael W. Norton, Richmond, VA (US);
Assignee:
AMF Automation Technologies, LLC, Richmond, VA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/02 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0633 (2013.01); Y10S 901/40 (2013.01);
Abstract
A bellowsis configured for connection to an end effector of a robot and includes a valvesupported in the interior space of the bellows. A flow of low pressure air is induced from inside the bellows into a vacuum plenumfor retrieving a work product by the open endof the bellows. High pressure air is moved through a conduitinto the valve to terminate the flow of low pressure air and terminate the suction applied by the bellows to the work product.