Vacuum cup positioning device and process for producing handling attachment using the same
AssigneeToyota Shatai Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShigeki Noda, Kazumi Itakura
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Abstract
A handling attachment includes four vacuum cups to suction-hold a suction target surface of a workpiece and a support member which holds the vacuum cups so as to maintain a position relation among the vacuum cups. A device for positioning the vacuum cups has a base plate and four positioning jigs disposed on the base plate. The positioning jigs have, at their upper end, a dummy workpiece surface to be abutted with the vacuum cups. The dummy workpiece surface is allowed to change the position and to tilt in any direction.
Claims10
A vacuum cup positioning device for use in the production of a handling attachment having a plurality of vacuum cups to suction-hold a suction target surface of a workpiece and a support member which holds the vacuum cups so as to maintain a position relation among the vacuum cups, the vacuum cup positioning device comprising:
- a base plate;
- and
- a plurality of positioning jigs, each of the plurality of positioning jigs being disposed on the base plate, the plurality of positioning jigs each having an upper end;
- wherein each of the plurality of positioning jigs comprise, at their respective upper end, a dummy workpiece surface to be abutted with a respective vacuum cup, and
- wherein the dummy workpiece surface is allowed to change a height position and to tilt in any direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.