Gripper
AssigneeTecan Trading AG
InventorsNicolas CORS, Martin KUSTER
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Abstract
A gripper having a mechanical coupling that can be connected to a pipetting tube, at least one fluid channel extends from the coupling and a negative pressure can be transmitted, the gripper having at least one suction cup that is connected to the coupling through the at least one fluid channel as a result of which the negative pressure can be transmitted from the coupling to the at least one suction cup, and the at least one suction cup in the intended use position of the gripper is aligned such that a rim of a suction cup of the at least one suction cup is aligned in a substantially vertical plane.
Claims19
A gripper comprising
- a mechanical coupling (1), with which the gripper connectable to a pipetting tube (4),
- at least one fluid channel (2), which extends from the coupling (1) and with which a negative pressure is transmittable,
- characterized in that the gripper comprises at least one suction cup (3) which is connected to the coupling (1) through the at least one fluid channel (2), as a result of which the negative pressure can be transmitted from the coupling (1) to the at least one suction cup (3),
- and in that the in the intended use position of the gripper, the at least one suction cup (3) is oriented such that a rim (31) of a suction bell (30) of the at least one suction cup (3) is oriented in a substantially vertical plane.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.