Patent ID: 8855810

Claim:
An apparatus for transferring a glove ( 100 ) from a conveyor ( 200 ), said apparatus comprising, a camera ( 10 ) for locating a cuff ( 101 ) of the glove ( 100 ) on the conveyor ( 200 ); a pick-up assembly ( 20 ) comprising a pair of inner grippers ( 21 ) for gripping the cuff ( 101 ) and two pairs of outer grippers ( 22 ) for opening the glove ( 100 ); a pair of sensors ( 30 ) for determining the position of the glove ( 100 ) gripped by the pair of inner grippers ( 21 ) and the two pairs of outer grippers ( 22 ); a robotic arm ( 40 ) comprising a plurality of joined segments ( 41 , 42 , 43 ), wherein one of the plurality of the segments ( 43 ) is mounted with the pick-up assembly ( 20 ), for moving the pick-up assembly ( 20 ) in different directions; and a processor electrically connected to the camera ( 10 ), the pick-up assembly ( 20 ), the sensor ( 30 ), and the robotic arm ( 40 ), for receiving signals from the camera ( 10 ) and the pair of sensors ( 30 ) and sending commands to the pick-up assembly ( 20 ) and the robotic arm ( 40 ), and wherein the two pairs of outer grippers ( 22 ) have rollers ( 23 ).