US 11,858,124 B2
Quick-change system for gripper jaws
Wolfgang Volk, Frensdorf (DE)
Assigned to Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
Appl. No. 17/613,606
Filed by Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG, Herzogenaurach (DE)
PCT Filed Jun. 23, 2020, PCT No. PCT/DE2020/100532
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 23, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/259756, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2019 117 458.9 (DE), filed on Jun. 28, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0234219 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/04 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0475 (2013.01) 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A quick-change system comprising:
a first exchange tool designed as gripper jaws;
a second exchange tool;
a first receiving part comprising a first receiving opening for receiving one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool; and
a ball catch for temporarily fixing the one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool on the first receiving part, the ball catch comprising:
a sleeve that is closed on one side; and
a spring-mounted press ball arranged in the sleeve, wherein:
the one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool comprises a ball-receiving opening; and
the press ball can be manually engaged and disengaged in the ball-receiving opening when the one of the first exchange tool or the second exchange tool is disposed in the first receiving opening.