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Citation
(2003), "Flexible vacuum gripper", Assembly Automation, Vol. 23 No. 1. https://doi.org/10.1108/aa.2003.03323aad.009
Publisher
:Emerald Group Publishing Limited
Copyright © 2003, MCB UP Limited
Flexible vacuum gripper
Flexible vacuum gripper
Keywords: Grippers, Patents, Vacuum
Applicant: J. Preta, USAPatent number: US6,419,291Publication date: 16 July 2002Title: Adjustable flexible vacuum gripper and method of gripping
This invention relates to a flexible vacuum gripper which is adapted to gripping objects of varying shapes. These objects may have irregular or non-symmetrical shapes.
The device comprises a housing, an inflatable gripper element that is circumferentially and/or radially adjustable, a vacuum source communicating with the internal chamber of the inflatable gripper element, and a pressure source communicating with the inflatable gripper. The inflatable gripper element is adapted to be inflated using the pressure source, and using the vacuum formed in the internal chamber the vacuum gripper device is adapted to grip the object.