Suction device

A suction device, comprising:

• a body having in the interior thereof a passage to which a negative pressure fluid is supplied, a bellows connected to an end of the body, and a suction member disposed at an end of the bellows and to which a workpiece is attracted under suction, wherein the suction device attracts the workpiece under suction by the negative pressure fluid which is supplied to the suction member through the passage and the bellows;
• wherein a tilting member which is capable of being tilted with respect to an axis of the bellows is provided in the interior of the bellows, and in the tilting member, one end thereof along an axial direction is disposed in facing relation to a suction surface on the suction member that is adapted to attract the workpiece, and another end thereof is inserted into the passage at a time that the workpiece is attracted under suction, together with being equipped in the interior thereof with a flow path communicating with the suction surface and through which the negative pressure fluid flows,
• wherein the suction surface of the suction member comprises a plurality of ribs that project toward a side of the workpiece,
• wherein the ribs comprise:
• first ribs formed on an inner circumferential side on the suction surface;
• and
• second ribs provided on an outer circumferential side with respect to the first ribs, and
• wherein each of the first ribs has a bottom portion on the inner circumferential side and is formed with a V-shape in cross section opening toward the outer circumferential side, and each of the second ribs has a bottom portion on the outer circumferential side and is formed with a V-shape in cross section opening toward the inner circumferential side, and among two of the first ribs, which are arranged adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the suction surface, each of the second ribs is arranged so as to straddle over an outer circumferential side end portion of one of the first ribs and an outer circumferential side end portion of another of the first ribs.