Patent ID: 6264419
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: B25J

Abstract:
A robot arm comprising:a gripper having a tong housing and gripping tongs having two gripping fingers, at least one gripping finger being movably supported in the tong housing;a gripper housing rotatably supporting the tong housing about a rotational axis;a pair of sliding bars oriented parallel to a z-direction, the bars non-rotatably suspending the gripper housing, the second one of the pair of sliding bars being operatively connected to the tong housing, wherein rotations of the second sliding bar are translated into rotations of the tong housing; anda gripper bolt for placing the at least one gripping finger in operative connection with the first sliding bar, the gripper bolt coaxial with the rotational axis so that rotations of the first sliding bar are translated into movements of the at least one gripping finger.