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US 2016/0096278 A1Published application
Pad-separable suction cup
AssigneeVtec Co., Ltd.
InventorHo-Young CHO
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a suction cup used in a vacuum system. The suction cup includes a hollow body, a skirt-shaped pad disposed under the body, and a ring-shaped clamp removably provided in the suction cup to couple the body with the pad. A concave ‘C’-shaped outer surface of the clamp compresses a contact portion of the body with the pad in opposite directions upwards and downwards while surrounding the contact portion, thus coupling the body with the pad.
Claims11
A pad-separable suction cup comprising:
- a hollow body having a passage formed vertically therethrough, an annular protrusion provided on a lower end thereof to extend inwards, and a first inclined portion extending from the protrusion in such a way as to be enlarged towards the lower end;
- a pad comprising a skirt-shaped member having an internal space (S) that communicates with the passage, and including a second inclined portion that is provided on an upper portion thereof to face and come into contact with the first inclined portion, and a sealing portion that is provided on a lower portion thereof and extends from the second inclined portion to come into contact with a surface of an article;
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- a clamp comprising a ring-shaped member that is removably provided on a portion of the protrusion, a concave ‘C’-shaped outer surface thereof compressing the protrusion and the second inclined portion in opposite directions upwards and downwards while surrounding them, thus coupling the body with the pad.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.