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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 07, 2002
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
J. Schmalz GmbH, Glatten, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 1/506 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 1/506 ;
Abstract
An elastic vacuum body of a vacuum gripper for suctioning workpieces comprises a sealing lip defining a vacuum chamber at a side of the vacuum body facing the workpiece. The vacuum chamber is flow-connected to a vacuum supply and ribs project into the vacuum chamber . The sealing lip comprises at least one groove on its surface facing the vacuum chamber . The vacuum body can hold oily objects without slippage. Sheet metal is securely held without distorted bending.