US 12,185,853 B2
Cup holding apparatus and serving robot apparatus including the same
Minhee Lee, Suwon-si (KR); Sanghyun Kang, Suwon-si (KR); Hyunsuk Kwak, Suwon-si (KR); and Donghan Koo, Suwon-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si (KR)
Filed on May 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/825,721.
Application 17/825,721 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/005924, filed on Apr. 26, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0083070 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0155967 (KR), filed on Nov. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408952 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A47G 23/02 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/12 (2006.01)
CPC A47G 23/0225 (2013.01) [B25J 11/008 (2013.01); A47G 2400/086 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0089 (2013.01); F16M 11/123 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A cup holding apparatus comprising:
a first support member configured to support a cup and having a lower surface that has convex shape;
a second support member having an upper surface that has a concave shape and faces the lower surface of the first support member;
a third plate provided between the first support member and the second support member, wherein the third plate comprises a first central hole;
a block member that protrudes toward the second support member from the lower surface of the first support member and is disposed in the first central hole; and
a plurality of rolling members that pass through and are rotatably supported by the third plate, and contact the lower surface of the first support member and the upper surface of the second support member,
wherein the block member is configured not to contact an inner circumferential of the first central hole of the third plate when the first support member is not displaced relative to a center of the second support member, and
wherein the block member is configured to contact the inner circumferential surface of the first central hole of the third plate when the first support member is displaced relative to the center of the second support member by a certain amount.