ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,286,314, issued on April 29, was assigned to Becton Dickinson Rowa Germany GmbH (Kelberg, Germany).
"Gripper for a picking device" was invented by Dietmar Gross (Kelberg, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system for storing and handling small piece goods is provided. The system includes a plurality of horizontal storage surfaces for storing the small piece goods and a gripper. The gripper includes a delivery table, a gripping jaw guide assembly having two gripping jaws extending over the delivery table, wherein at least one of the gripping jaws is movable in a first direction and a drive unit coupled to the gripping jaw guide assem...