Patent ID: 11884489
Assignee: BECTON DICKINSON ROWA GERMANY GMBH
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 19:
20. An operating device for use with a picking device for storing bottles, the operating device comprising:
a gripper having a vertical axis and configured to be turned 180 degrees about its vertical axis; and
a gripping member,
wherein a control device causes the operating device to move a bottle from the storage location by moving the gripping member underneath a bottom portion of the bottle, moving the gripping member upward to contact the bottom portion of the bottle, lifting the bottle and moving the bottle horizontally in a Y direction by only a frictional connection between the bottom portion of the bottle and the gripping member,
wherein the operating device is displaceable horizontally in an X direction and vertically in a Z direction,
and wherein the gripping member is displaceable in a Y direction orthogonal to each of the X and Z directions.