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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2010
Applicant:
Walter Schaaf, Freudenstadt-Gruental, DE;
Inventor:
Walter Schaaf, Freudenstadt-Gruental, DE;
Assignee:
J. Schmalz GmbH, Glatten, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 45/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A vacuum gripper includes a suction plate for gripping an object. The suction plate has a lid and a suction bottom which define a suction chamber there between and engage formfittingly at least on one side within one another via a tongue and groove joint extending in parallel relation to a gripping plane. The tongue and groove joint includes a groove on one of the suction bottom and lid, and a tongue which is formed on the other one of the suction bottom and lid and fits into the groove.