Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Milking box with robotic attacher comprising an arm that pivots, rotates, and grips
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Application No.: US15289446Application Date: 2016-10-10
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Publication No.: US09980459B2Publication Date: 2018-05-29
- Inventor: Henk Hofman , Cor de Ruijter , Menno Koekoek , Peter Willem van der Sluis
- Applicant: TECHNOLOGIES HOLDINGS CORP.
- Applicant Address: US TX Houston
- Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee: Technologies Holdings Corp.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Houston
- Agency: Baker Botts L.L.P.
- Main IPC: A01J5/017
- IPC: A01J5/017 ; A01J5/003 ; A01K1/12 ; B25J9/10 ; B25J9/04

Abstract:
A robotic attacher includes a main arm that is suspended vertically from a rail, and a supplemental arm that is coupled to and extends horizontally from the main arm along a longitudinal axis. The supplemental arm includes a pivot assembly that pivots a gripping portion around a vertical axis that is substantially parallel to the main arm of the robotic attacher, in a direction transverse to the longitudinal direction of the supplemental arm, and between at least a maximum-left position, a maximum-right position, and a centered position. The pivot assembly includes a first actuator that extends and retracts a first cable coupled to a left side of the gripping portion in order to pivot the gripping portion. The pivot assembly further includes a second actuator that extends and retracts a second cable coupled to a right side of the gripping portion in order to pivot the gripping portion.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170020100A1 MILKING BOX WITH ROBOTIC ATTACHER COMPRISING AN ARM THAT PIVOTS, ROTATES, AND GRIPS Public/Granted day:2017-01-26
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