Patent ID: 6086126
Filing Date: 2000-07-11
Classification: B65G,B65H,H05K

Abstract:
A gripper for flat components comprising: a gripper body having a top and a bottom that define a gripping slot therebetween with edges that form a slot opening, and the gripping slot is sized to receive a component,a clamping element pivotally mounted to the gripper body and biased to pivot into the slot opening and can be pivoted between a clamping position in which it protrudes into the gripping slot where it is adapted to clamp the component, and an open position in which it is pivoted at least partially out of the gripping slot, and a setting segment provided on the clamping element and which protrudes from the gripper body when the clamping element is in its clamping position, and is sloped, such that it forms a positioning surface that rises from the top and, in the open position of the clamping element, is parallel to the top; andan opening device having a U-shaped cross-section, with two legs that are at a distance to one another, between which the gripper can be inserted with its insertion end, located opposite the gripping slot, in such a manner that the bottom of the gripper, opposite its top, comes into contact with one of the legs, and that the other leg, adjoining the top, contacts the setting segment of the clamping element that protrudes from the top of the gripper, and pivots the clamping element into the open position during the insertion.