公开(公告)号：US12286313B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US17998649

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea Biondi ,  Luca Cavazza ,  Umberto Zanetti ,  Enrico Campagnoli ,  Antonio Gigante ,  Giacomo Noferini ,  Cristian Dakessian

IPC: B65G47/86

Abstract: An apparatus and a transfer process for articles are presented. The articles are transferred without risk of damage when gripped by pincer grip devices, regardless of article shape and gripping manner. The apparatus includes a first transport device, having pincer grip devices, moving along a first closed path, each having pincer claws projecting outward from the first closed path. The pincer claws are movable from a gripping position to a release position. The apparatus also includes a second transport device, having tray-like elements moving along a respective second closed path and configured to receive respective articles resting thereon. The first and second transport devices cooperate with each other at one or two exchange segments where the first closed path is superimposed on said second closed path and where the articles transported in the pincer grip devices are laid on tray-like elements and/or removed therefrom.

公开(公告)号：US12286312B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-29

申请号：US17998647

申请日：2021-07-26

Applicant: G.D S.P.A.

Inventor： Andrea Biondi ,  Luca Cavazza ,  Umberto Zanetti ,  Enrico Campagnoli ,  Antonio Gigante ,  Giacomo Noferini ,  Cristian Dakessian

IPC: B65G47/86

Abstract: A pincer device for gripping and releasing articles from an operating station to a subsequent station, capable of operating, in a transfer apparatus, with a minimum footprint, without interfering with other pincer devices arranged at close range thereto, is presented. The pincer device has a pair of gripping claws, cooperating with each other and having each a proximal end and a distal end, a gripping edge facing the gripping edge of the other gripping claw, and a longitudinal development following a predefined respective direction. The pincer device also has a driving mechanism, having at least one rotary actuator connected to a respective proximal end, configured to rotate each gripping claw from a gripping position to a release position by rotating each gripping claw about a rotation axis parallel to the predefined direction. In the gripping position, the gripping edges have a minimum spacing therebetween, progressively increasing towards the release position.