Patent ID: 11856898
Assignee: nan
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 14:
15. An end effector for an automated mushroom harvesting system, the end effector adapted for connection to a vacuum line, the end effector comprising:
a flexible cup affixed to a resilient neck, the neck including an inlet for a vacuum line and a helical reinforcing element, the helical reinforcing element allowing the neck to deform in a pitch direction and a roll direction while remaining substantially rigid in a yaw direction, and
wherein the neck is manufactured of a first silicon rubber and the cup is manufactured of a second silicon rubber, and wherein the neck includes an extension forming an exterior upper portion of the cup, and wherein the extension, manufactured of the first silicon rubber, overlaps an interior upper portion of the cup manufactured of the second silicon rubber so as to form an overlapping region of the cup, wherein a modulus of elasticity of the overlapping region is greater than a modulus of elasticity of the cup and less than a modulus of elasticity of the neck.