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OT-2026-000003336

End effectors with individually positionable vacuum cups

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Robotics & Automation › Robot Architectures
Inventors
ADAMIETZ LON A, RAMLER DAVID J
Assignee
DIMENSION IND INC
Original source
US-5344202-A, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, 6 September 1994
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An end effector having an individually positionable piston formed directly onto a movable pipe with one end of the movable pipe connected to a common plenum chamber and the other end to a bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup with the movable pipe forming an elongated air evacuation chamber to permit quick evacuation and pickup of an article located proximate the bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup and a stabilizer located proximate the bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup to act as a stop to prevent swaying of the article as the bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup is moved from one position to another.

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Abstract

An end effector having an individually positionable piston formed directly onto a movable pipe with one end of the movable pipe connected to a common plenum chamber and the other end to a bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup with the movable pipe forming an elongated air evacuation chamber to permit quick evacuation and pickup of an article located proximate the bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup and a stabilizer located proximate the bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup to act as a stop to prevent swaying of the article as the bellows-shaped collapsible vacuum cup is moved from one position to another.

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OpenTechnical Publication OT-2026-000003336, “End effectors with individually positionable vacuum cups,” published September 15, 2026 at 20:12:04 UTC, https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003336.

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