Patent ID: 7000311

Claim:
A vacuum pipette for gripping electrical components by suction, the vacuum pipette configured for mounting in an exchangeable manner onto a shaft of a placement head of an automatic placement machine, the vacuum pipette comprising: an end side that is remote from the shaft to which the component is gripped by suction; an end-side suction opening on the end side formed to be open over an entire area of the end side suction opening; a suction channel merging with the end-side suction opening on the end side and configured to be connectable to a vacuum line of the shaft; and a filter grid comprising passage openings for suction air generated by a vacuum being incorporated into the vacuum pipette in a region of the suction channel, the filter grid, at a distance from the end side, being displaced into an extended interior space of the vacuum pipette, a cross sectional area of the filter grid being greater than a cross sectional area of the suction opening; wherein the filter grid is formed from a plurality of lamellae that are distributed peripherally around the suction channel, extend in an axial direction of the suction channel and project radially from the suction channel; and the suction channel is closed by a bottom at an inner end of the lamellae which faces the shaft.