Patent ID: 9457478
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: B25J,B65G

Claim Text:
1. A surface area vacuum gripper for sucking onto and handling of workpieces, said surface area vacuum gripper comprising: a frontally closable housing having a negative pressure chamber which can be exposed to vacuum, said housing includes suction openings on its suction side facing the workpiece, and an insert element disposed in the housing and configured to be frontally inserted into and again pulled out from the housing, which insert element reduces the free inner space of the housings and includes vacuum channels supplied by a vacuum generator, wherein the vacuum channels are configured as grooves on the bottom side of the insert element facing the suction side of the housing, wherein the grooves are sealed from each other, and wherein the housing is an extruded profile and wherein the grooves extend in longitudinal direction of the housing and the profile, and wherein fillets are provided on the inner side of the suction side of the housing, which protrude into the grooves of the insert element.