US 11,919,150 B2
Securement apparatus and method of use
Jared L. Foland, Sheboygan Falls, WI (US); Nicholas W. Schmoldt, Manitowoc, WI (US); and Jacob A. Klauck, Cleveland, WI (US)
Assigned to Muth Mirror Systems, LLC, Sheboygan, WI (US)
Filed by Muth Mirror Systems, LLC, Sheboygan, WI (US)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/301,765.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/011,434, filed on Apr. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0323173 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0616 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A securement apparatus comprising:
a first robotic arm having a plurality of axes of rotation;
one or more position cameras;
a programmable logic controller in communication with the first robotic arm to control displacement and articulation of the first robotic arm using at least in part, position data received from the one or more position cameras;
a mirror gripper positioned at a first end of the first robotic arm for engaging a mirror, wherein the mirror gripper is a vacuum actuated gripper comprising a foam portion with an array of vacuum orifices that directly contact a top surface of the mirror;
an air knife having one or more nozzles for outputting an air sheet of forceful air; and
a second robotic arm having a plurality of axes of rotation, wherein the programmable logic controller is in communication with the second robotic arm to control displacement and articulation of the second robotic arm, and wherein the second robotic arm positions a heater element for engagement with the mirror engaged to the mirror gripper of the first robotic arm.