Tray engine with slide attached to an end effector base

摘要

A tray engine includes a vertical drive column, a rotation mechanism for rotating the vertical drive column, and an end effector attached to the vertical drive column. The end effector includes an end effector base attached to the vertical drive column. The end effector further includes a slide attached to the end effector base to support a tray, when present. The slide enables the tray to slide along a length of the end effector base. The tray engine includes a drive mechanism attached to the end effector base for moving along the length of the end effector base to enable the tray, when present, to slide linearly along the length and load or unload the tray to or from the slide.

主权项

1. A tray engine comprising:
a vertical drive column; a rotation mechanism for rotating the vertical drive column; and an end effector attached to the vertical drive column, the end effector including:
an end effector base attached to the vertical drive column;a slide attached to the end effector base to support a tray, when present, and enable the tray to slide along a length of the end effector base;a drive mechanism attached to the end effector base for moving along the length of the end effector base to enable the tray, when present, to slide linearly along the length and load or unload the tray to or from the slide; and a grip assembly attached to the drive mechanism, wherein the grip body is assembly includes:
a grip body configured to move along the slide, wherein the grip body includes a grip mouth; anda gripper is configured to extend into the grip mouth of the grip body, wherein the gripper is configured to move to grip the tray when present.