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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 20, 2015
Filed:
May. 02, 2013
Applicant:
Robert Bosch Gmbh, Stuttgart, DE;
Inventors:
Markus Hanisch, Fellbach, DE;
Laura Boehm, Sindelfingen, DE;
Assignee:
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/58 (2006.01); B65G 15/42 (2006.01); B65G 15/16 (2006.01); B65G 15/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 15/58 (2013.01); B65G 15/16 (2013.01); B65G 15/22 (2013.01); B65G 15/42 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0235 (2013.01);
Abstract
A conveyor device includes a conveyor belt with a surface oriented towards the outer face of the conveyor belt. The surface has a plurality of microstructures with protruding regions such that an object adheres to the surface when the object comes into contact with the surface on the basis of the resulting van der Waals forces.