Vacuum gripping device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9676565
APP PUB NO 20160236876A1
SERIAL NO

14900577

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A vacuum gripping device comprising a plurality of suction bodies, each comprising a suction chamber for applying to a workpiece to be gripped, a suction valve is associated with each suction point, wherein each suction valve comprises a vacuum supply side for connection to a vacuum supply device and a suction side connected to the suction chamber of the assigned suction body, wherein the suction valve comprises a valve body, moveable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the valve body is arranged on a flexible control membrane which delimits a control chamber; in such a way that the valve body is moveable from the open position into the closed position using deformation of the control membrane, and wherein a membrane cloth extending across multiple or all suction points is arranged in the gripper housing.

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J SCHMALZ GMBH72293 GLATTEN

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dunkmann, Walter Baden-Baden, DE 13 238
Eisele, Thomas Alpirsbach-Peterzell, DE 50 844
Höhn, Rainer Dornstetten, DE 1 1

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