Title:
【発明の名称】把持装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP3379632
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
A load retainer assembly (20; 30) includes a pair of lower and upper plates (21, 22; 31, 32) pivotably mounted on a main shaft (11), and an inverting mechanism (23; 33) provided between the lower and upper plates (21, 22; 31, 32) that, as the lower plate (21; 31) is driven to pivot, causes the upper plate (22; 32) to pivot in the opposite direction to the pivoting direction of the lower plate (21; 31). The load retainer assembly (20; 30) further includes a first retaining member (26; 36) for interconnecting distal end portions of a pair of links (25a, 25b; 35a, 35b) pivotably connected to one end of the lower plate (21; 31) and one end of the upper plate (22; 32), respectively, and a second retaining member (28; 38) for interconnecting distal end portions of another pair of links (27a, 27b; 37a, 37b) pivotably connected to the other end of the lower plate (21; 31) and the other end of the upper plate (22; 32), respectively. A suction pad (26a, 28a; 36a, 38a) is attached to each of the retaining members to retain a load by suction. The first and second retaining members are movable toward and away from each other by causing the upper plate (22; 32) to pivot in the opposite direction to the pivoting direction of the lower plate (21; 31), and with this arrangement the load retainer assembly can be moved between folded and unfolded positions.
Inventors:
Yasuo Sugimoto
Taro Fukuda
Taro Fukuda
Application Number:
JP33215597A
Publication Date:
February 24, 2003
Filing Date:
December 02, 1997
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Honda motor industry stock company
International Classes:
B25J17/02; B25J15/00; B65G47/91; B66C1/02; F16B47/00; (IPC1-7): B25J15/00; B25J17/02
Domestic Patent References:
| JP9272084A | ||||
| JP4283088A |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Yoichiro Shimoda