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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 21, 2013
J. Schmalz Gmbh, Glatten, DE;
Thomas Eisele, Alpirsbach-Peterzell, DE;
Aline Defranceski, Stuttgart, DE;
J. SCHMALZ GMBH, Glatten, DE;
Abstract
A gripper apparatus includes a receiving surface which faces an object for gripping purposes, and includes at least one electroadhesion section, which has at least one electrode, for exerting an electroadhesion force on the object. In order to reliably grip and hold an object, provision is made for the electroadhesion section for bearing against the object to be gripped to project beyond the receiving surface in the direction of the object which is to be gripped in such a way that a space which adjoins the receiving surface and the electroadhesion section is formed, and that the electroadhesion section is designed such that it can be deformed in such a way that it can be matched to the shape of the object which is to be gripped when it bears against said object.