Apparatus for moving a manipulator, particularly a gripper, in a vertical plane

Abstract

Abstract Device for moving a handling gripper (1), comprising a first carriage (20) which can be displaced along a first track (12), and a second carriage (28) carrying the manipulator which can be displaced along a second track (25), intersecting the first. The second carriage (28) overhangs on either side of the first (20) and is displaced by a stationary drive member (32) which drives a flexible element (31) formed of two belts lying on either side of the first track and immobilised at their end opposite the drive element, each belt passing over first return members (33) mounted on the first carriage on either side of the second track and over second return members (35) mounted on the second carriage beyond the first. The first carriage (20) consists of four plates (18, 19), facing each other in pairs, in order to form a tunnel for the second carriage (28). <IMAGE>

Inventors

• 👤 Bernard Claude Pierre Eude

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