Patent ID: 6561749
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: B25J,B65G

Abstract:
A workpiece sucking device for attracting and transporting a workpiece by means of a suction member operated by a fluid sucking action under a negative pressure, said device comprising:a body for supporting said suction member; and a buffering mechanism provided at a side portion of said body, for absorbing shock generated when said workpiece is engaged/disengaged, wherein: said buffering mechanism includes a linear rail member which is fixed to an external surface of said body in an axial direction of said body and a slide member which is slidably displaceable along said rail member, and said workpiece is prevented from rotating by means of an engagement of said slide member with said rail member, wherein said buffing mechanism includes a connecting member which is displaceable integrally with said slide member, and a spring member which is installed between a projection of said connecting member and an end of said rail member.