US 12,006,165 B2
Suction gripping device, transfer system, and transfer method
Yukihiro Ikeya, Yokohama (JP); Takeshi Toyoshima, Yokohama (JP); and Taketo Shiba, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 14, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/019,847.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-174924 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0094766 A1, Apr. 1, 2021
Int. Cl. B65G 47/91 (2006.01); B25J 15/06 (2006.01)
CPC B65G 47/912 (2013.01) [B25J 15/065 (2013.01); B65G 47/917 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
13. A suction gripping device, comprising:
a pad mechanism mounted to a base, the pad mechanism including:
a sliding part slidable in a first direction with respect to the base, the sliding part including:
a suction pad attaching to a workpiece,
a pipe having the suction pad connected to one end of the pipe, and
a rod member fixed with respect to the pipe,
a first guide guiding a sliding direction of the pipe to be in the first direction, the first guide being fixed with respect to the base,
a second guide guiding a sliding direction of the rod member to be in the first direction, the second guide being fixed with respect to the base, and
a first coupler and a second coupler coupling the pipe and the rod member and being fixed with respect to the base, wherein
the first guide and the second guide are positioned between the first coupler and the second coupler in the first direction, and
the rod member is inserted through the second guide and the pipe is not inserted through the second guide.