US 11,866,272 B2
Holding device, transfer system, support device, placement method, and transfer method
Yukihiro Ikeya, Yokohama (JP); Takeshi Toyoshima, Yokohama (JP); and Taketo Shiba, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP); and TOSHIBA INFRASTRUCTURE SYSTEMS & SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, Kawasaki (JP)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,360.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-025269 (JP), filed on Feb. 18, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0253368 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B65G 43/00 (2006.01); B65G 47/46 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/914 (2013.01) [B65G 43/00 (2013.01); B65G 47/46 (2013.01); B65G 2203/0233 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A holding device, comprising:
a supporter being configured to support of a workpiece in a first direction, the first direction being along a vertical direction, the supporter extending along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a gripper including a suction pad that has a gripping surface and being configured to grip the workpiece in the second direction; and
a first actuator being configured to move the supporter with respect to the gripper in the second direction; and
a second actuator being configured to move the gripper in the second direction,
a tilt of the supporter in a first plane being changeable with respect to the gripping surface, the first plane being parallel to the first and second directions.