Patent ID: 7318610
Filing Date: 2008-01-15
Classification: B25J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A picking tool comprising: an actuable jaw portion having first and second arm portions mounted for opening and closing movement thereof relative to one another; an end effector having a first picking face portion on a first side and a second picking face portion on a second side; and a mounting member for adjustable mounting said end effector to one of said first and second arm portions, said mounting member enabling adjusting of the end effector to selectively position the first picking face portion or the second picking face portion to an operative position for engaging with an item to be picked, said mounting member having a rotatable lock member for rotating between a locked position and an unlocked position, for enabling adjusting of said end effector to switch between the first face portion and the second face portion being in an operative position when said lock member is in the unlocked position and for securing said first or second face portion in the operative position when in the locked position, wherein said rotatable lock member comprises a first and second interior slot portions positioned 180 degrees apart and one of said first and second arm portions comprises a corresponding protrusion adapted for engagement in either of said first and second slots.