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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 19, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 19, 2015
Yaskawa Nordic Ab, Torsås, SE;
Bo Genefke, Vejle, DK;
YASKAWA NORDIC AB, , SE;
Abstract
The invention concerns a gripper () adapted to be used in an automated system for handling flexible substrates provided in a pile. The gripper () is rotatably arranged on an arm () of a robot and comprises a lower finger () and an upper finger (). The lower finger () comprises a sharp, wedge-shaped edge (), which is adapted to enable insertion of the lower finger () between substrates of the pile. The lower finger () has a round tip (), which extends to at least one side of the lower finger () and forms a smooth, wedge-shaped edge (), wherein the sharp, wedge-shaped edge () is arranged on the at least one side remote from the round tip () and substantially in level with but protruding further than the smooth, wedge-shaped edge ().