US 12,145,246 B1
Workpiece processing system
David L. Schmidt, Zimmerman, MN (US); and Steven John Tschida, Harris, MN (US)
Assigned to KURT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Kurt Manufacturing Company, Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on Apr. 13, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/847,503.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/893,629, filed on Aug. 29, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/833,636, filed on Apr. 12, 2019.
Int. Cl. B25B 5/02 (2006.01)
CPC B25B 5/02 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gripping assembly for a robot comprising:
a body;
a pair of jaw supports supported for slidable movement on the body toward and away from each, each jaw support having a pair of spaced apart apertures for receiving spaced apart securing posts of a jaw, each jaw support comprising:
a support body;
a pair of locking slides, each locking slide having a first end configured to engage a securing post of the pair of spaced apart securing posts when the securing post is disposed in a corresponding aperture of the pair of spaced apart apertures; and
at least one actuator configured to drive the locking slides away from each other to engage the spaced apart securing posts; and
a jaw support actuator configured to drive the jaw supports toward and away from each other.