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Gripping device for gripping sheet material

US9573787B2 · kind B2 · utility

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26References

14Claims

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Assignee

GIESECKE & DEVRIENT GMBH · DE

Inventors

Markus Sperl · Birkenfeld, DE
Erwin Demmeler · Memmingen, DE
Frank Werner · Jackson, US

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 22, 2013
Grant date	Feb 21, 2017
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jul 5, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65H2701/1912
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gripping device for gripping a sheet-material stack has at least two gripping elements for gripping a sheet-material stack disposed between the gripping elements, which gripping elements can be moved toward each other in order to grip the sheet-material stack. At least one of the gripping fingers of one of the gripping elements is tiltable from its starting position, in which it is oriented substantially parallel to the stack surface, into a tilted position, in which it is inclined toward the stack surface. With the gripping device any types of sheet-material stacks can be reliably and trouble-free removed from a container and held against gravity through grip-clamping.

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