US 11,752,642 B2
Gripper head and modular gripper head
Joshua C. Mayse, Bloomsburg, PA (US)
Assigned to Mid Atlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, PA (US)
Filed by Mid Atlantic Machinery, Harrisburg, PA (US)
Filed on Mar. 3, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/190,951.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/064,246, filed on Aug. 11, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048202 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0061 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0616 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gripper head comprising:
a gripper head body having an attachment section and a tool section defining an attachment region for a tool;
said attachment section being configured to attach said gripper head body to a mount of a robot;
said gripper head body having a first port at said attachment section and a second port at said tool section;
said gripper body defining an internal channel mutually connecting said first port and said second port;
said internal channel defining a cross-sectional area and being configured to pass air between said first port at said attachment section and said second port at said tool section;
said cross-sectional area of said internal channel, in at least a segment of said internal channel, increasing in a direction away from said attachment section;
wherein said gripper head body defines at least one receptacle for a suction cup stem at said tool section; and,
said gripper head body defines three of said receptacles and each of said receptacles is operatively connected to said internal channel.