Vacuum gripping apparatus

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8560121
APP PUB NO 20130034420A1
SERIAL NO

13649957

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A gripper grasps irregular and deformable work pieces so as to lift and hold packaged, processed, or raw, and manipulate the work pieces for the purpose of material handling, assembly, packaging, and other robotic and automated manipulative functions. A vacuum is induced at multiple points through a flexible gripping hood to provide lifting force to, and facilitate rapid movement of, work pieces. An array of lighting devices and a double ring array of segmented mirrors provide uniform illumination to ensure accurate positioning of the gripping hood with respect to the work piece to be manipulated.

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OMRON CORPORATIONKYOTO JAPAN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hjørnet, Preben K Strandby, DK 1 32

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