A spout holding device for holding a spout part having a communication hole, includes an elastic part capable of elastically deforming in a direction orthogonal to a first direction when compressive force or tensile force is applied to the elastic part in the first direction, wherein the elastic part applies elastic force to the spout part in three or more different directions orthogonal to the first direction to hold the spout part.

A holder plate containing sliding spring-loaded shutter plates with conformable elastic tubes filled with granular material attached to each shutter plate. A part is placed between the shutter plates that close and compress the tubes against the part. The tubes conform to the part surface. Vacuum is applied to each tube. Atmospheric air pressure compresses the elastic tubes and compacts the material inside the by forming a rigid gripper on each side of the part.

An end effector for an articulated arm in a robotic system includes an enclosed flexible membrane generally in the form of a tubular annulus that contains a fluid within the membrane. The tubular annulus includes a distal end for engaging objects; and a linear actuator that is positioned for reciprocal movement within the tubular annulus. The linear actuator provides actuation of the tubular annulus to grasp an object and the linear actuator provides a vacuum source at a distal end of the linear actuator. The linear actuator is also selectively coupled to a source of positive air pressure for providing positive air pressure to an object-retaining area.

A core conveying device includes a plurality of holding devices, a support section, a moving device, and a mounting table. The support section has a hole formed at a position corresponding to a positioning pin and is connected so as to slide in a horizontal direction with respect to the moving device. A size of a lower end opening of the hole is larger than a size of an upper end of the positioning pin. The support section is configured such that, when the support section is moved downward so as to grip the core, as the positioning pin abuts against an inner surface of the hole and the support section slides in the horizontal direction with respect to the moving device, a position of the support section in the horizontal direction with respect to the core is determined.

A holding device for holding a container, for example for holding a container in a transport device of a beverage filling plant is described. The holding device includes a fastening part and two gripping arms, which are pivotably connected to the fastening part and can be brought into a closed position in order to hold the container and can be brought into an open position in order to insert and remove the container. A preloaded elastic bow is disposed between the gripping arms, and the elastic bow can be brought into a first position, in which the gripping arms are in the open position, and into a second position, in which the gripping arms are in the closed position. The preload of the elastic bow in the first position holds the gripping arms in the open position and the preload of the elastic bow in the second position holds the gripping arms in the closed position.

A core conveying device includes a plurality of holding devices, a support section, a moving device, and a mounting table. The support section has a hole formed at a position corresponding to a positioning pin and is connected so as to slide in a horizontal direction with respect to the moving device. A size of a lower end opening of the hole is larger than a size of an upper end of the positioning pin. The support section is configured such that, when the support section is moved downward so as to grip the core, as the positioning pin abuts against an inner surface of the hole and the support section slides in the horizontal direction with respect to the moving device, a position of the support section in the horizontal direction with respect to the core is determined.

A gripper is described as including two lateral flanks that are directly or indirectly connected to each other at one end, generating a space between them containing an actuator whose lateral boundaries have at least one opening accessible from the outside. At least one reinforcement rib is allocated to at least one of the lateral flanks. A method for manufacturing the gripper is also described.

An end effector is disclosed for an articulated arm in a robotic system. The end effector includes an enclosed flexible membrane generally in the form of an annulus that contains a fluid within the membrane.

A gripper is described as including two lateral flanks that are directly or indirectly connected to each other at one end, generating a space between them containing an actuator whose lateral boundaries have at least one opening accessible from the outside. At least one reinforcement rib is allocated to at least one of the lateral flanks. A method for manufacturing the gripper is also described.

The invention relates, inter alia, to a hole gripper which has a pressurized air connection, an elastically deformable bellows portion which can be inflated by the application of pressurized air for clamping in a component hole of a component, and a connecting portion with a connecting channel which connects the pressurized air connection and the bellows portion for supplying pressurized air from the pressurized air connection to the bellows portion. The pressurized air connection, the connecting portion, and the bellows portion are integrally connected to one another in one piece.