Patent ID: 8491026

Claim:
An end of arm tool for an associated robot arm comprising: a. a substantially planar, rigid substrate having an upper surface and a lower surface; b. a robot arm mounting apparatus affixed to the upper surface of the substrate and adapted to operatively attach the substrate to an associated robot arm; and c. at least a first pail mounting apparatus comprising i. first, second and third fingers fixedly attached to the lower surface of the substrate, each of said fingers comprising a flipper arm rotatably connected about a pin and selectively adjustable between a first substantially vertical orientation and a second substantially horizontal orientation and wherein, the first, second and third fingers are fixed to the substrate at positions outside of a circular area having dimensions substantially equal to the dimensions of a lid on an associated pail to be engaged by the flipper arms when the flipper arms are in a substantially horizontal orientation; and ii. a spacer block fixed to the lower surface between the first, second and third fingers.