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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 11, 2007
Takayuki Akai, Chiba, JP;
Makoto Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Akai, Chiba, JP;
Makoto Kawabata, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A suction cup having an adsorption surface is provided wherein the suction cup has a disk-like main suction cup unit composed of an elastically-deformable material and has an attachment surface. The attachment surface has a gel layer composed of a gel, bonded thereto so as to cover the attachment surface. The adsorption surface is formed by the surface of the gel layer, and the gel layer are composed of a center portion composing the center of the adsorption surface, and a circumferential portion composing the outer circumference of the adsorption surface. The outer circumferential portion has the thickness larger than the thickness of the center portion.