Abstract: The disclosure relates to a device for handling objects to package the same. The handling device comprises a lifting head (17) placed in an extension arm (16) having multiple levers (59, 60, 61), with ends (62, 67) placed on linear drives (63, 68) that can be independently controlled and are flexibly interconnected to the opposite ends (65, 69). The displacement of the linear drives (63, 68) makes it possible to move back and forth the ends (62, 67) of the levers (59, 60, 61) that are flexibly connected to the linear drives (63, 68), thereby enabling the ends (62, 65, 67, 69) of the levers (59, 60, 61) to pivot. These pivotal movements allow the lifting head (17) that is placed on the extension arm (16) to move up and down in a vertical direction and back and forth in a horizontal direction.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 12, 1999
Date of Patent:
December 4, 2001
Assignee:
Focke & Co. (GmbH & Co.)
Inventors:
Heinz Focke, Hanfried Kerle, Wolfgang Gropp