US 12,459,134 B2
Gripping device for transferring a magnetic dipole rod
Daniel Witsch, Solingen (DE)
Assigned to Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen (DE)
Appl. No. 17/998,010
Filed by Bayer Aktiengesellschaft, Leverkusen (DE)
PCT Filed Apr. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/061379
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 4, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/224123, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 11, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10 2020 002 745.8 (DE), filed on May 7, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0173689 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
Int. Cl. B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 9/16 (2006.01); B01F 33/452 (2022.01)
CPC B25J 15/0608 (2013.01) [B25J 9/1664 (2013.01); B01F 33/452 (2022.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A gripping device for a magnetic dipole rod, having
a housing with a channel which has an open end, the channel comprising
a bolt guide section and a receiving section between the bolt guide section and the open end,
the diameter of the bolt guide section is smaller than the diameter of the magnetic dipole rod,
the diameter of the receiving section is matched to the magnetic dipole rod in such a way that the magnetic dipole rod can be received substantially into the receiving section,
wherein the reduced diameter of the bolt guide section compared to the receiving section results in a stripping edge between the receiving section and the bolt guide section,
a metal bolt made of a ferromagnetic material with a front end towards the open end of the channel and a rear end,
wherein the metal bolt is mounted in the channel so as to be movable between a first position, in which the front end of the metal bolt is situated in the receiving section and a second position, in which the front end of the metal bolt is situated in the bolt guide section,
wherein the stripping edge is adapted to strip off a dipole rod adhering to the front end of the metal bolt from the front end of the metal bolt when the metal bolt moves from the first position into the second position.