Patent ID: 8770640
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: B25J,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A robot hand for holding a plate-shaped work, comprising: suction holding means for holding a plate-shaped-shaped work on one face side of the robot hand by suction; and outer circumference holding means for holding an outer circumferential edge of a plate-shaped work on an other face side of the robot hand, wherein the outer circumference holding means includes an abutment section adapted to make contact with the outer circumferential edge of the plate-shaped work, a pressing unit having moving means disposed at a position opposite to the abutment section and adapted to move a pressing member toward and away from the abutment section, and a tentative receiving section disposed between the abutment section and the pressing unit and adapted to tentatively receive an outer circumferential portion of the plate-shaped work, and the pressing member is moved toward the abutment section by the moving means, whereby the plate-shaped work tentatively received by the tentative receiving section is moved toward the abutment section, and the outer circumferential edge of the plate-shaped work is clamped and held by the abutment section and the pressing unit.