Vacuum gripper unit comprising vacuum pump
AssigneeVtec Co., Ltd.
InventorHo-Young CHO
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vacuum gripper unit. The unit has a first mounting container and a second mounting container of cylindrical shapes formed in an H-type when seen from the outside, including a main body for providing a common vacuum chamber. A vacuum pump is inserted into the first mounting container, while the vacuum pump or a release valve is selectively mounted in the second mounting container. In addition, a front insertion hole of each of the first mounting container and the second mounting container is provided with a finishing material which supports each of the release valve and the vacuum pump that are mounted to thereby prevent the valve and pump from being separated. It is preferable that the finishing material of at least the first mounting container is a silencer.
Claims11
A vacuum gripper unit including a vacuum pump, the vacuum gripper unit comprising:
- a vertical main body (11) having a common vacuum chamber (14) defined therein;
- first and second mounting containers (12a and 12b) that are cylindrical members horizontally arranged on left and right sides of the main body to be parallel to each other, and provide an additional mounting space to the main body (11), the first and second mounting cylinders having a generally ‘H’ type when seen from outside, including the main body (11) that connects centers thereof to each other, the first and second mounting cylinders having passages (15) respectively provided at first sides thereof that face each other and communicating with the common vacuum chamber ;
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- a suction pad (13) connected to a lower portion of the main body (11) so as to communicate with the common vacuum chamber (14),
- wherein the first mounting container (12a) has the vacuum pump (16) inserted and mounted therein and operating to allow exhaust of air from the common vacuum chamber (14) so as to create a vacuum therein upon supply and discharge of compressed air, and
- the second mounting container (12b) selectively has the vacuum pump (16) inserted and mounted therein or a release valve (20) inserted and mounted therein, the release valve being opened to allow air to flow into the common vacuum chamber (14) when the vacuum pump stops operating.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.