Suction device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11078032-B2
Application number	US-201916529998-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 2, 2019
Priority date	Aug 8, 2018
Publication date	Aug 3, 2021
Grant date	Aug 3, 2021

Abstract

A suction device includes an adapter having in the interior thereof a supply passage to which a negative pressure fluid is supplied, a bellows connected to a distal end of the adapter, and a pad member disposed at a distal end of the bellows and to which a workpiece is attracted under suction. In addition, the suction device attracts the workpiece under suction by a negative pressure fluid which is supplied to the pad member through the supply passage and the bellows. An attachment which is capable of being tilted with respect to the axis of the bellows is provided in the interior of the bellows. In the attachment, a main body portion thereof is disposed in facing relation to a suction surface of a skirt, and a shaft portion is inserted into the supply passage at a time that the workpiece is attracted under suction.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A suction device, comprising:
a body having in the interior thereof a passage to which a negative pressure fluid is supplied, a bellows connected to an end of the body, and a suction member disposed at an end of the bellows and to which a workpiece is attracted under suction, wherein the suction device attracts the workpiece under suction by the negative pressure fluid which is supplied to the suction member through the passage and the bellows;
wherein a tilting member which is capable of being tilted with respect to an axis of the bellows is provided in the interior of the bellows, and in the tilting member, one end thereof along an axial direction is disposed in facing relation to a suction surface on the suction member that is adapted to attract the workpiece, and another end thereof is inserted into the passage at a time that the workpiece is attracted under suction, together with being equipped in the interior thereof with a flow path communicating with the suction surface and through which the negative pressure fluid flows,
wherein the suction surface of the suction member comprises a plurality of ribs that project toward a side of the workpiece,
wherein the ribs comprise:
first ribs formed on an inner circumferential side on the suction surface; and
second ribs provided on an outer circumferential side with respect to the first ribs, and

wherein each of the first ribs has a bottom portion on the inner circumferential side and is formed with a V-shape in cross section opening toward the outer circumferential side, and each of the second ribs has a bottom portion on the outer circumferential side and is formed with a V-shape in cross section opening toward the inner circumferential side, and among two of the first ribs, which are arranged adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction of the suction surface, each of the second ribs is arranged so as to straddle over an outer circumferential side end portion of one of the first ribs and an outer circumferential side end portion of another of the first ribs.

2. The suction device according to claim 1 , wherein the other end of the tilting member includes a spherical surface formed in a substantially spherical shape, and which is capable of contacting an inner circumferential surface of the passage.

3. The suction device according to claim 2 , wherein the passage includes a tapered portion adapted to gradually expand in diameter toward a side of the bellows, and the spherical surface contacts the tapered portion.

4. The suction device according to claim 2 , wherein the one end side of the tilting member is engaged with the end of the bellows.

5. The suction device according to claim 4 , further comprising a shaft portion adapted to extend along the axial direction on the other end side of the tilting member, the shaft portion being disposed at a predetermined distance with respect to an inner circumferential part of the bellows.

Assignees

• Smc Corp

Inventors

• Nakayama Toru
• Sugiyama Toru
• Miyazaki Noriyuki
• Saitoh Masaru
• Goto Yukiya

Classifications

• B66C1/0293

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• B65G2201/0238

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• B65G47/90 Primary

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