Patent ID: 6851917

Claim:
A manipulator device for repositioning a part comprising: a pivot arm; a drive means for rotating said pivot arm about a pivot axis; a gripper for releasably holding the part to be repositioned; a guide carriage configured to be moved along a first line located in a plane, said pivot axis being normal to said plane; a gripper carrier for carrying said gripper, said gripper carrier being supported by said guide carriage and configured to be moved relative to said guide carriage along a second line located in said plane, said first line being perpendicular to said second line; a path cam for defining a manipulation path about said pivot axis for said gripper; a cam follower mounted to said gripper carrier and configured to engage said path cam so that said gripper follows said manipulation path, wherein said pivot arm is configured to act on said gripper carrier to move said gripper along said manipulation path.