Patent ID: 7648182

Claim:
A terminal portion ( 10 ) of a robotic pickup element intended to lift objects ( 12 ) and transfer them to positions other than the initial positions comprises: a) a main unit ( 5 ), a main unit lower face ( 5 r ) on which are fixed a support suction cup ( 1 ) and a vacuum transfer suction cup ( 2 ) connected to a pneumatic equipment ( 4 ); b) a secondary unit ( 6 ), a secondary unit lower face ( 6 r ) on which are mounted a plurality of pick-up suction cups ( 3 i ) which may be of different types, suction passages ( 7 i ) which are connected to a collecting passage ( 8 ) opening into a hole ( 9 ) formed a upper face ( 6 s ) of the said secondary unit ( 6 ); and the upper face ( 6 s ) of the secondary unit ( 6 ) being smooth and shaped in such a way as to be able to adhere to both said support suction cup ( 1 ) and the vacuum transfer suction cup ( 2 ) of the main unit ( 5 ) when they are placed next to it and the vacuum transfer suction cup ( 2 ) of the main unit ( 5 ) faces, and is coaxial with, the hole ( 9 ) of the secondary unit ( 6 ), in such a way that the main unit ( 5 ) and the secondary unit ( 6 ), are interconnected pneumatically by the action of the support suction cup ( 1 ), thus form a single assembly, wherein, the connection between said terminal portion ( 10 ) and said objects ( 12 ) being made by the suction cups ( 3 i ) in which a vacuum is created by the pneumatic equipment ( 4 ) through the hole ( 9 ) and the collecting passage ( 8 ) which are connected to the suction passages ( 7 i ).