US 11,987,456 B2
Gripping unit for a base
Simon Uphues, Kleve (DE); Lothar Wess, Kleve (DE); Oliver Heisig, Kleve (DE); Bernd Cox, Weeze (DE); and Christopher Stuhlmann, Korbach (DE)
Assigned to KHS GmbH, Dortmund (DE)
Appl. No. 17/282,910
Filed by KHS GmbH, Dortmund (DE)
PCT Filed Oct. 22, 2019, PCT No. PCT/EP2019/078640
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 5, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/088980, PCT Pub. Date May 7, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2018 127 266.9 (DE), filed on Oct. 31, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0009726 A1, Jan. 13, 2022
Int. Cl. B65G 47/90 (2006.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B25J 15/10 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/904 (2013.01) [B25J 9/0093 (2013.01); B25J 15/0033 (2013.01); B25J 15/10 (2013.01)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising a gripper comprising a gripping unit for a base, said base having a thickness that is defined by an upper side and a lower side thereof, wherein a product is conveyed on said upper side of said base, wherein said gripping unit comprises a pair of first guides with corresponding guide surfaces in contact with said base, wherein said guide surfaces extend as far as beneath said lower side of said base, said apparatus further comprising a transporter that defines a plane that supports said base and that conveys said base with products arranged thereon, wherein said transporter comprises a cut-out opening for said gripping unit, wherein said cut-out opening leads into a recess that extends below said plane of said transporter, thereby permitting said guide surfaces to extend beneath said plane.