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US 10,946,532 B2Granted
Gripping tool and gripping system
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsEmiko Ishida, Hiromasa Takahashi, Takeshi Toyoshima
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a gripping tool includes a gripper and a suction pad. The gripper is flexible. A granular material is provided in an interior of the gripper. The suction pad includes a pad portion and a pipe-shaped member and is surrounded with the gripper. The pad portion suctions a workpiece. The pipe-shaped member is connected to the pad portion. The suction pad is movable with respect to the gripper in a first direction. The first direction is from the pad portion toward the pipe-shaped member.
Claims18
A gripping tool, comprising:
- a gripper, the gripper being flexible, a granular material being provided in an interior of the gripper;
- a suction pad including a pad portion and a pipe-shaped member and being surrounded with the gripper, the pad portion suctioning a workpiece, the pipe-shaped member being connected to the pad portion;
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- a holder holding an outer perimeter of the gripper,
- the suction pad being movable with respect to the gripper in a first direction, the first direction being from the pad portion toward the pipe-shaped member, and
- when the gripper deforms by contacting the workpiece, a position in the first direction of the outer perimeter is between a position in the first direction of an upper end of the gripper and a position in the first direction of a lower end of the gripper.
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A gripping tool, comprising:
- a gripper, the gripper being flexible, a granular material being provided in an interior of the gripper;
- a suction pad including a pad portion and a pipe-shaped member and being surrounded with the gripper;
- the pad portion suctioning a workpiece, the pipe-shaped member being connected to the pad portion;
- a guide mechanism fixed with respect to the gripper;
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- a sliding member sliding along the guide mechanism in a direction of a line connecting the pad portion and the pipe-shaped member, the sliding member being fixed with respect to the suction pad,
- when the suction pad is pressed onto the workpiece, the suction pad moves in a first direction with respect to the gripper, and the sliding member slides in the first direction along the guide mechanism,
- the first direction being from the pad portion toward the pipe-shaped member.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.