Powered handler with at least one pivot displaceable relative to a body
US12421084B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 4, 2022 |
| Grant date | Sep 23, 2025 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 14, 2043 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB66C23/72
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A powered handler for handling a workpiece, comprising a body extending between a first and a second end, an input device adjacent the first end, a handling implement adjacent the second end, the handling implement operatively connected to the input device and operable to handle the workpiece, and a suspender having a proximate end mounted to the body at at least one pivot of the suspender defining a pitch axis of the powered handler, the body pivotable relative to the suspender about the pitch axis, the at least one pivot disposed between the input device and the handling implement and displaceable relative to the body to a balanced position located between a first and a second position closer to the second end than the first position, the suspender having a distal end spaced upwardly from the body for mounting the suspender to suspend the body from the suspender.
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