Patent ID: 7448094

Claim:
A planar robot for cutting products, comprising: (a) a support structure having an entrance and an exit; (b) a conveyor for transporting the products to be cut from the entrance to the exit of the conveyor along a given direction, said conveyor having a first side and a second side opposite to the first side; and (c) at least one cutting module, each of said at least cutting module comprising: (i) a first arm extending above the conveyor and comprising: a first extremity pivotally mounted on a first mobile base, the first mobile base being connected to the support structure on the first side of the conveyor; and a second extremity; (ii) a second arm extending above the conveyor and comprising: a first extremity pivotally mounted on a second mobile base, the second mobile base being connected to the support structure on the second side of the conveyor; and a second extremity pivotally connected to the second extremity of the first arm around a junction axis perpendicular to the conveyor; (iii) a cutting tool fixed on or near the junction axis for cutting the products transported on the conveyor; (iv) a first actuator connected to the first mobile base for displacing the first mobile base along a first axis generally parallel to the direction of transportation of the products on the conveyor; (v) a second actuator connected to the second mobile base for displacing the second mobile base along a second axis generally parallel to the first axis; and (vi) a control system for activating the first and second actuators; the first actuator and the second actuator when activated, transmitting linear movements respectively to the first mobile base and to the second mobile base for displacement of the cutting module in a two-dimensional plane above the conveyor for cutting the products while they are transported on the conveyor.