Postal robot
First Claim
1. A postal robot for emptying a postal machine having a plurality of containers for containing postal items, the robot comprising:
- (a) take-up means for taking up the postal items the take-up means comprising a support body having a substantially L-shaped cross section including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion substantially perpendicular to said vertical portion and defining a support surface having respective adjoining flat surfaces which are angularly offset with respect to each other by an obtuse angle;
(b) an automatic drive means for moving the take-up means;
(c) a clamping element pivotable relative to the support body; and
(d) a first drive means for moving the clamping element relative to the support body.
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Abstract
A robot for emptying a postal machine having a plurality of containers into which the postal items (letters and cards) are delivered and form a substantially ordered stack of items, one on top of another. The robot includes a base structure located on a rectilinear structure arranged parallel to a wall of the postal machine and a columnar structure which is fixed to the base structure and supports a slide slidable vertically on the columnar structure itself. The slide supports a pair of arms which are slidable relative to the slide and have gripper devices at their ends arranged to be introduced into one of the containers to grasp a stack of postal items, to withdraw them from the container and to deposit them on a conveyor belt.
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17 Claims
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1. A postal robot for emptying a postal machine having a plurality of containers for containing postal items, the robot comprising:
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(a) take-up means for taking up the postal items the take-up means comprising a support body having a substantially L-shaped cross section including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion substantially perpendicular to said vertical portion and defining a support surface having respective adjoining flat surfaces which are angularly offset with respect to each other by an obtuse angle; (b) an automatic drive means for moving the take-up means; (c) a clamping element pivotable relative to the support body; and (d) a first drive means for moving the clamping element relative to the support body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A postal robot for emptying a postal machine having a plurality of containers for containing postal items, the robot comprising:
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(a) a take-up means for taking up the postal items, the take-up means comprising a support body having a substantially L-shaped cross section including a vertical portion and a horizontal portion substantially perpendicular to said vertical portion and defining a support surface; (b) an automatic drive means for moving the take-up means; (c) a clamping element pivotable relative to the support body; (d) a first drive means for moving the clamping element relative to the support body, said first drive means comprising a radial wall having a gear sector and a resilient part; and (e) a detecting means connected to said take-up means said detecting means for detecting an angular position of said clamping element relative to said support body, said detecting means having at least one switch mounted on said support body whereby said switch is activated by said resilient part during the change of relative positions between said radial wall and said support body.
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