Suction apparatus equipped with ejector
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorsYoshihiro Fukano, Koji Sugano, Yasuhiko Obata, Akira Sasaki
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Abstract
A retaining stud is inserted from a bottom portion of a suction pad that constitutes part of an ejector equipped suction apparatus, and an end of the retaining stud is inserted into an adapter plate. Further, a small diameter portion of a lock plate engages with a lock plate groove, which is exposed externally on the retaining stud, whereby the retaining stud and the lock plate are connected together integrally. In addition, an ejector is fixed using a side wall portion of the adapter plate. A mounting bracket is attached to the adapter plate while covering the lock plate, and a transfer means such as a robot arm or the like is fixed to the mounting bracket using a bolt.
Claims9
An ejector equipped suction apparatus comprising:
- a suction pad;
- an adapter plate fixed to a mounting portion formed on a top portion of the suction pad;
- an ejector disposed on the adapter plate;
- a lock plate disposed displaceably on an upper surface of the adapter plate;
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- a retaining stud, which is inserted from a side of a skirt portion that constitutes part of the suction pad and penetrates through a hole provided in the adapter plate, to thereby engage with the lock plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.