Air chuck
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsKouichirou Kanda, Koji Hara, Tsuyoshi Sasaki
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Abstract
An air chuck includes a chuck unit including a pair of fingers that capable of being freely opened and closed, an operation unit that includes an operation mechanism, which opens and closes the pair of fingers, connection mechanisms for attaching the chuck unit to the operation unit such that the chuck unit is freely attachable and detachable to and from the operating unit, and a locking mechanism that locks the pair of fingers such that the pair of fingers are capable of being freely opened and closed when the chuck unit is attached to the operation unit and such that the pair of fingers are not able to be opened or closed when the chuck unit is detached from the operation unit.
Claims9
An air chuck comprising:
- a chuck unit including a pair of fingers that are capable of being freely opened and closed;
- an operation unit including an operation mechanism that opens and closes the pair of fingers;
- at least one connection mechanism for attaching the chuck unit to the operation unit such that the chuck unit is freely attachable and detachable to and from the operating unit;
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- at least one locking mechanism that locks the pair of fingers such that the pair of fingers are capable of being freely opened and closed when the chuck unit is attached to the operation unit and such that the pair of fingers are not able to be opened or closed when the chuck unit is detached from the operation unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.