Patent ID: 8162362

Claim:
A gripper system for stacked packaged goods, comprising: a first gripper unit for gripping a package by a front surface of the package; a second gripper unit for gripping the package by a second surface that is at a right angle to the front surface, the second gripper unit having a drive device associated therewith, the second gripper unit being adapted to be moved out of a starting position in which the second gripper unit and the drive device as seen from the gripping side of the first gripper unit, are arranged behind the first gripper unit, into a gripping position in which the first gripper unit is positioned for gripping the package by its front surface and the second gripper unit is positioned for gripping the package by its second surface; and wherein dimensions of a surface of the first gripper unit are selected to be smaller than dimensions of the front surface of the package, enabling pulling the package out of a wall of packages by means of the gripper system.