US 12,420,428 B2
Baked object taking-out apparatus
Hiromu Kondo, Nagoya (JP); Kenichi Tanaka, Nagoya (JP); Akira Sakai, Nagoya (JP); and Hidetaka Kato, Nagoya (JP)
Assigned to Noritake Co., Limited, (JP)
Filed by Noritake Co., Limited, Nagoya (JP)
Filed on Mar. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/656,740.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-054569 (JP), filed on Mar. 29, 2021; and application No. 2021-151705 (JP), filed on Sep. 17, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0307769 A1, Sep. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 11/00 (2006.01); A47J 44/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 11/008 (2013.01) [A47J 44/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/0045 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A baked object taking-out apparatus for taking out a baked object from a baking base plate having a disposing surface on which the baked object is disposed, the baked object taking-out apparatus comprising:
a robot arm;
a holding member on the robot arm, the holding member being formed of a metal material and being configured to hold the baking base plate;
a protective member formed at a portion of the holding member, the protective member being arranged to come into contact with the baking base plate and having a ceramic coating containing a ceramic component; and
a retrieving apparatus below a position where the baking base plate is tilted and configured to retrieve the baked object disposed on the baking base plate,
wherein the robot arm is configured to at least tilt the baking base plate by rotating the holding member about a predetermined axis,
wherein the holding member comprises a first holding member and a second holding member, the second holding member being opposed to the first holding member in a first direction,
wherein the first holding member comprises a first held surface contacting the baking base plate, a first upper claw part located at an upward position more than the first held surface and protruding toward the second holding member more than the first held surface, and a first lower claw part located at a downward position more than the first held surface and protruding toward the second holding member more than the first held surface,
wherein the second holding member comprises a second held surface contacting the baking base plate, a second upper claw part located at an upward position more than the second held surface and protruding toward the first holding member more than the second held surface, and a second lower claw part located at a downward position more than the second held surface and protruding toward the first holding member more than the second held surface,
wherein the first holding member comprises a first middle claw part located at least between the first upper claw part and the first lower claw part with respect to an up and down direction, the first middle claw part protruding from the first held surface to the second holding member, the first middle claw part being, with respect to a second direction crossing to the first direction in a plane view, located at one side in the second direction more than an end part at one side in the second direction of the baking base plate when the baking base plate comes into contact with the first held surface, and
wherein the second holding member comprises a second middle claw part located at least between the second upper claw part and the second lower claw part in the up and down direction, the second middle claw part protruding from the second held surface to the first holding member, the second middle claw part being, with respect to the second direction in a plane view, located at one side in the second direction more than an end part at one side in the second direction of the baking base plate when the baking base plate comes into contact with the second held surface.