The disclosure relates to a gripper assembly and in particular a gripper assembly for a load-handling device used to carry storage containers. In one embodiment, the gripper assembly includes a pair of gripper arms moveable between an open configuration, in which the gripper arms can engage with a storage container, and a closed configuration, in which the gripper arms are prevented from engaging the storage container. The gripper assembly includes an actuator having a plunger and two pins connected to the plunger, each pin is received within a respective track formed within each gripper arm. The plunger is configured to move in an opening stroke to move the pair of gripper arms into the open configuration and a closing stroke to move the pair of gripper arms into the closed configuration.
GRIPPER ASSEMBLY
GREIFERANORDNUNG
ENSEMBLE DE PRÉHENSION
2024-05-08
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B65G TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS , Transport- oder Lagervorrichtungen, z.B. Förderer zum Laden oder Abladen / B25J Manipulatoren , MANIPULATORS / B66C Krane , CRANES / B66F HOISTING, LIFTING, HAULING, OR PUSHING, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, e.g. DEVICES WHICH APPLY A LIFTING OR PUSHING FORCE DIRECTLY TO THE SURFACE OF A LOAD , Hub-, Verhol- oder Schubvorrichtungen, soweit nicht anderweitig vorgesehen, z.B. Vorrichtungen mit unmittelbarer Krafteinwirkung auf die Last |