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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Feb. 09, 2021
Cryovac, Llc, Charlotte, NC (US);
Roger Jeffrey Anderson, Mooresville, NC (US);
Bradley Keith Powell, York, SC (US);
Siddarth Sreeram, Charlotte, NC (US);
Bradley Neal Daley, Huntersville, NC (US);
Cryovac, LLC, Charlotte, NC (US);
Abstract
A gripping tool includes a vacuum manifold, a flexible membrane, and vacuum channels coupled in parallel between the vacuum manifold and the flexible membrane. Each of the vacuum channels includes a compliant conduit, a vacuum check valve, and suction cup. The vacuum check valve is biased to a closed condition and is configured to toggle from the closed condition to an open condition when a vacuum source applies a vacuum in the vacuum manifold and the suction cup of that vacuum channel is engaged by the object. Each of the check valves independently toggles between the closed condition and the open condition such that, when a vacuum is drawn in the vacuum manifold, the vacuum is maintained in the vacuum manifold and in the compliant conduits of the vacuum channels that have engaged suction cups.