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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 12, 2025
Filed:
Jun. 12, 2020
Applicant:
Amada Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
AMADA CO., LTD., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B65G 47/91 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0616 (2013.01); B65G 47/917 (2013.01);
Abstract
A plurality of first vacuum pads for suctioning a workpiece are directly or indirectly attached to a main body. A slider is configured to slide in an outward direction of the main body. When the slider slides to protrude in the outward direction of the main body while the first vacuum pads are suctioning the workpiece, a sensor detects an end portion of the workpiece. While the sensor detects the end portion of the workpiece and the slider is stopped, a second vacuum pad holds up the end portion of the workpiece by suctioning the workpiece at a position outside from positions at which the first vacuum pads suction the workpiece.