Patent ID: 6652014
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B25J,B65G,Y10S

Abstract:
A vacuum grip system for gripping at least one object, wherein said vacuum grip system has a base unit and at least two suction units that are separately affixed to the base unit and that maintain right angles to one another, each of the suction units having at least one suction gripper, and wherein at least one of said suction units is an upper suction unit that grasps said at least one object to be gripped from above, and at least one of said suction units is a lateral suction unit that grasps said object from a lateral side, wherein said suction units are attached to said base unit such that, in order to grip said at least one object, said upper and lateral suction units are independently movable relative to said base unit so that a distance between said upper suction unit on the top side of said object and said lateral suction unit on the lateral side of said object may be varied.