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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2011
Michael Strohmayr, München, DE;
Michael Strohmayr, München, DE;
Abstract
An areal gripper for targeted picking-up, handling and putting down of objects. The areal gripper includes a foil and air-tight frame. The foil includes an elastically deformable, air-permeably perforated first layer, with a first outer surface and a first inner surface, and an elastically deformable, air-impermeable second layer with a second outer surface and a second inner surface. The first inner surface and the second inner surface face each other and are spaced from one another through individually arranged elastically deformable spacers formed between the first inner surface and the second inner surface. The frame laterally surrounds the foil and includes at least one elastically deformable frame section. The frame is connected to circumferential edges of the first layer and the second layer in a circumferentially air-tight manner. The foil or the frame includes at least one connection for a pressure supply to create an underpressure in the intermediate spaces.