Patent ID: 11968928
Assignee: OCTIVA BELGIUM BV
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  B | IPC A  B

Claim 10:
11. The device according to claim 3, in which:
the robot arm comprises a picking element on which the gripper mechanism is provided and in which the picking element is configured to rotate the gripper mechanism about said break point during a picking operation after grasping the fruit to be picked;
the picking element comprising a linkage system with one degree of freedom and a remotely situated movement centre, in which:
the remotely situated movement centre coincides with said break point;
the gripper mechanism is arranged on the side of the linkage system facing the remotely situated movement centre; and
on the opposite side, the linkage system is fitted on a housing of the picking element, and the linkage system is operatively connected to a drive mechanism configured to rotate the gripper mechanism fitted thereto about said break point via the linkage system.