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US 12,090,644 B2Granted
Linear member gripping device
AssigneeOMRON Corporation
InventorsSatoru Nishimaki, Takayuki Komaya, Nobumasa Miki, Kazumasa Seki, Toshiaki Maeda, Toshinori Tanaka
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Abstract
A linear member gripping device includes: a first gripping member that abuts a linear member; a second gripping member that abuts the linear member and has a protrusion; a first drive part and a second drive part that change relative positions of the first and second gripping members; and a limitation part that limits movement of the linear member sandwiched between the first and second gripping members at a predetermined limitation position.
Claims9
A linear member gripping device, comprising:
- a first gripping member, having a first gripping surface that abuts a linear member to be gripped;
- a second gripping member, having a second gripping surface that abuts the linear member and faces the first gripping surface, and having a protrusion protruding toward the first gripping surface from the second gripping surface;
- a first drive part, changing relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member in a first direction being a direction in which the first gripping member and the second gripping member approach or depart from each other, and a second drive part, changing the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
- a limitation part, limiting movement of the linear member sandwiched between the first gripping member and the second gripping member toward the second direction at a predetermined limitation position;
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- an insertion member, configured to be inserted into a predetermined position on a root side of the protrusion at a moment when the second drive part has driven the relative positions of the first gripping member and the second gripping member gripping the linear member in a direction in which the protrusion departs from the predetermined limitation position, the root side being a side close to the limitation part in the second direction.
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