Patent ID: 11858755
Assignee: MURATA MACHINERY, LTD.
Field: Handling (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 5:
6. The gripping apparatus according to claim 1,
wherein, for a first article carried in when there is no article between the pair of gripping members and gripped first, the controller moves the pair of gripping members close to the first position and stop them at the first position, and in response to a detection of the first article with the sensor, the controller moves the pair of gripping members close to each other to a second position where the first article is gripped, and
for a second article gripped secondarily or later, the controller moves the pair of gripping members to the second position without stopping them at the first position to grip the second article, and
after the pair of gripping members stops at the second position for the second article, the controller checks with the sensor that the second article is gripped.