A valve has suction and vacuum supply sides and a valve housing inbetween, a flexible dividing wall delimiting a control space in the valve housing connected to the vacuum supply side via a vacuum passage, and a valve body arranged on the dividing wall moving between open/closed positions. The valve body has a sealing portion sealing off or opening up the vacuum passage in closed/open positions. Based on a control space vacuum, the volume of the control space reduces with a deformation of the dividing wall, and the valve body moves from the open to closed position. The valve body has a suction-side passage connecting the suction side to the control space so air is suctioned from the suction side into the control space, and penetrates the dividing wall with the sealing portion on one side and a guide portion on the other side of the dividing wall.

A vacuum gripper comprises a rigid base element and a loop-shaped vacuum seal element. The base element has first and second opposite sides. The seal element is attached at least indirectly to the second side and protruding therefrom in a direction away from the first side. The seal element comprises a contact surface that at least partially contacts with an object surface and an encircling surface oriented transversely to the contact surface so as to define a chamber. The seal element is elastically deformable at the contact surface to enable conforming to the object surface when pressed thereagainst. The vacuum gripper comprises an air extraction means mounted to the first side to be in fluid communication with the chamber through the base element, and configured to continuously extract air from the chamber to cause the contact surface to be urged towards and grip the object surface when pressed thereagainst.

A vacuum adsorber includes a housing having an accommodating cavity and an opening communicating with the accommodating cavity; an integrated vacuum pump arranged inside the accommodating cavity; a control panel arranged inside the accommodating cavity and controllably connected with the integrated vacuum pump; wherein the control panel is controllably connected with a photoelectric switch; a power-up assembly having a guide piece and a shading movement portion; and an activating piece covering inside the opening of the housing. By means of setting the activating piece to push the shading movement portion to move in the movement cavity, when the shading movement portion moves to block beams, it causes the state of beams to change, and then voltage inside the photoelectric switch changes; when the control panel detects a change in voltage, it controls the pump to start operating; thereby improving the stability and reliability during starting the pump.

A vacuum-adhesion attachment for a power tool includes an attachment main body, a vacuum pump, a suction part, and a valve. The attachment main body is detachably mountable on a tool main body of the power tool and houses the vacuum pump. The suction part has a chamber in fluid communication with the vacuum pump and is configured to be adhered to a surface of a work material in response to the chamber being brought to a reduced pressure state by driving of the vacuum pump. The valve is in fluid communication with the chamber of the suction part. The valve, which is normally in a closed state to block a flow of outside air into the chamber, is configured to be manually switched by a user to an open state that permits a flow of outside air into the chamber.

A pressure relief device for a suction cup, is provided, including the suction cup, a rod body, and a pressure relief assembly; the suction cup is arranged at one end of the rod body, the rod body is also provided with a first air relief groove and a first air hole in the first air relief groove, and the first air hole runs through the rod body so that an air pipeline is in communication with the outside; the pressure relief assembly includes a first pressure relief member and a first blocking end, the first blocking end is placed in the air pipeline from the first air relief groove, the first blocking end is in transmission connection with the first pressure relief member, the first blocking end can block the first air hole or be separated from the first air hole under the drive of the first pressure relief member.

A vacuum device for a material handling system includes a vacuum device body and a sealing element. The vacuum device body has a vacuum passageway in which H vacuum is generated in response to activation of a pressurized air supply that forces pressurized air through a venturi device. The sealing element moves to a sealing position to substantially seal the vacuum passageway when the air supply is activated, and is urged toward the sealing position via pressurized air that is diverted from an inlet of the vacuum device to the sealing element. The sealing element moves to substantially vent the vacuum passageway when the air supply is deactivated. The vacuum passageway may be in fluid communication with a vacuum cup, which seals against the object when the sealing element is at the sealing position and the vacuum generating device generates at least a partial vacuum in the vacuum passageway.

A powered pump unit is adapted to operate with a vacuum cup device having a pump cylinder for a manually operated vacuum pump. The powered pump unit includes a pump unit housing, a power source receiver, a vacuum pump, a pump drive, and a sealing arrangement. The pump unit housing is adapted to be received in the pump cylinder in an operating position after the piston is removed from the pump cylinder. The power source receiver, vacuum pump, and pump drive are each mounted on the pump unit housing and at least one of them is at least partially located in the pump cylinder when the pump unit housing is in the operating position. The pump drive is operatively connected to drive the vacuum pump to produce a vacuum that is applied to the vacuum cup of the vacuum cup device.

An implant insertion device includes a vibrational actuator generating axial vibrations, a coupler interconnected to the actuator and selectively retaining an implant with penetrating electrodes. The coupler has a distal end cavity at one end dimensioned to receive and retain at least a portion of the implant. Vibrations are transferred to the electrodes during insertion. A vacuum assembly connects to the coupler and provides a negative pressure, or suction force, when a vacuum source is attached and activated. This suction force is sufficient to hold the implant to the distal end of the coupler. Deactivation of the vacuum source removes the suction force, causing the implant to detach from the coupler without perturbation of position. The insertion device may then be removed. A system to coordinate the operation of the actuator and movement of the device and/or tissue relative to one another for delivery of the implant is also provided.

A clamping system and method useful in miter edge fabrication. Two separate units, each including a vacuum plate may be placed on separate slabs. The units may be connected with a knuckle that can be rotated to provide connection of the slabs in a variety of angles. The units are vacuum sealed to the slabs. The vacuum plates may include various sections of varied sizes to connect to different sized slabs. When the knuckle is locked, a worm gear will provide for lateral movement, relative the knuckle, to provide precision fitting of slabs.

An electric suction cup is provided, which includes a housing, an air inlet component, a vacuum pump component, an air exhaust component, a gas diversion device, an air inlet pipe, a sealing cover, and an air outlet pipe. An open end of the gas diversion device is detachably connected to the sealing cover to form a hollow inner cavity, which can better replace or clean the gas diversion device directly. A cleaning control method for an air pipeline of the electric suction cup is further provided. The method is intelligently controlled and automatically maintained, which can improve the operating efficiency and reliability of the equipment and extend its service life.