Gripper, cutting apparatus and method for cutting a product

US11207792B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Weber Maschinenbau GmbH Breidenbach

Inventors

• Christian Baumeister · Trier, DE
• Fabian Jung-Saßmannshausen · Bad Endbach, DE
• Philip Kahl · Frankenberg, Hesse, DE
• Michael Knauf · Rochester, US
• Christoph Kuhmichel · Bad Laasphe, DE
• Andreas Runkel · Breidenbach, DE
• Thorsten Schneider · Buxtehude, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 1, 2018
• Grant date: Dec 28, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B26D2210/02
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The present invention relates to a gripper for gripping a product, in particular a food product, having a suction device which has a contact surface which can be brought into contact with a section, in particular with an end section, of the product, wherein the suction device comprises at least one first suction section which is bounded in the radial direction by a sealing device and which is in communication with a pumping device generating a vacuum; and at least one sealing section which is arranged outside the first suction section viewed in the radial direction of the contact region and at least sectionally, in particular completely, surrounds it in the radial direction. The present invention relates to a cutting apparatus having a corresponding gripper and to a method for cutting a product.