CN214454940U - Gripping device for conveying equipment and conveying equipment - Google Patents

Abstract

The application relates to mechanical equipment technical field, discloses a grabbing device for conveying equipment includes: the grabbing assembly is arranged on the supporting assembly and comprises a plurality of claw sheets and a driving portion connected with the claw sheets, the driving portion is used for driving the working ends of one or more claw sheets to rotate so as to form a grabbing and lifting state, or the driving portion is used for driving the working ends of one or more claw sheets to rotate so as to form a loosening state. The driving part simultaneously drives the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to rotate and gather towards the direction of the goods to be grabbed so as to enable the plurality of claw sheets to form a grabbing and lifting state, so that the goods are positioned on the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to realize grabbing and lifting of the goods to be grabbed; the driving part can also simultaneously drive the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to rotate in the direction away from the goods to be grabbed, so as to loosen the goods. Thereby through the grabbing device of simpler structure, realize grabbing the stable of goods and lifting. The application also discloses a conveying device.

Description

Gripping device for conveying equipment and conveying equipment

Technical Field

The application relates to the technical field of mechanical equipment, for example to a grabbing device and conveying equipment for conveying equipment.

Background

At present, under the condition that products are transported by a conveying device, a tray is usually placed on a conveyor belt, goods are carried by the tray to realize the transportation of the goods, and the goods are moved out of the conveying device by a manual or mechanical grabbing device when the goods are transported to a specified position. However, current mechanical grabbing device sets up in the top of conveyer belt usually, opens or extends the size in order to adapt to the goods through the direction that makes the arm to the both sides of conveyer belt, and the direction of controlling the arm to the goods again tightens up to the realization is to the cohesion and the snatching of goods, and this kind of mechanical grabbing device's structure and operation are comparatively complicated, and can not be stable snatch the goods.

SUMMERY OF THE UTILITY MODEL

The following presents a simplified summary in order to provide a basic understanding of some aspects of the disclosed embodiments. This summary is not an extensive overview nor is intended to identify key/critical elements or to delineate the scope of such embodiments but rather as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.

The embodiment of the disclosure provides a grabbing device for conveying equipment and conveying equipment to simplify the structure of grabbing device and realize the stable grabbing of goods.

In some embodiments, the gripping device for a transport apparatus comprises: the grabbing assembly is arranged on the supporting assembly and comprises a plurality of claw sheets and a driving portion connected with the claw sheets, the driving portion is used for driving the working ends of one or more claw sheets to rotate so as to form a grabbing and lifting state, or the driving portion is used for driving the working ends of one or more claw sheets to rotate so as to form a loosening state.

In some embodiments, the working end of the claw piece is parallel to the horizontal direction, or is bent toward the conveying path of the conveying device.

In some embodiments, the output shaft of the driving part is fixedly connected with the fixed end of the claw piece so as to drive the working end to rotate synchronously by driving the fixed end.

In some embodiments, the support assembly comprises: the suspension bracket is arranged on the conveying equipment; the clamping device comprises a first connecting plate and a second connecting plate which are positioned on two sides of a transmission path of the conveying equipment and an upper connecting plate for connecting the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, wherein the upper connecting plate is fixedly connected with the suspension bracket, and one or more driving parts are arranged at the bottom of the first connecting plate and/or the bottom of the second connecting plate.

In some embodiments, the bottom of the first connecting plate is provided with one or more claw sheets which are connected with the driving parts in a one-to-one correspondence manner; and/or one or more claw sheets are arranged at the bottom of the second connecting plate and are correspondingly connected with the driving parts one by one.

In some embodiments, the grasping apparatus further includes: and the control module is electrically connected with the driving part and used for controlling the electrifying state of the driving part so as to switch the claw sheets between the grabbing state and the releasing state by driving the rotation of the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets.

In some embodiments, the control module is configured to control the supporting component to drive the grabbing component to move up and down, and the grabbing device further includes: and the position switch is fixedly arranged on the suspension bracket and is electrically connected with the control module, and the support component drives the grabbing component to downwards move to the first position to trigger the position switch, so that the control module controls the support component to stop moving and controls the power-on state of the driving part.

In some embodiments, the position switch is coplanar with the pawl.

In some embodiments, the conveying apparatus comprises at least one gripping device for a conveying apparatus as provided in any of the preceding embodiments, which is arranged on the transport path of the conveying apparatus.

In some embodiments, a plurality of gripping devices for the transport apparatus are arranged along the transport path of the transport apparatus, the gripping devices for the transport apparatus being movable in the transport direction of the transport apparatus and being movable to and fro perpendicularly to said transport direction.

The gripping device for conveying equipment and the conveying equipment provided by the embodiment of the disclosure can realize the following technical effects:

the driving part simultaneously drives the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to rotate and gather towards the direction of the goods to be grabbed so as to enable the plurality of claw sheets to form a grabbing and lifting state, so that the goods are positioned on the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets, and the grabbing and lifting of the goods to be grabbed are realized; the driving part can also simultaneously drive the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to rotate in the direction away from the goods to be grabbed, so as to loosen the goods. Thereby through the simpler structure of snatching of structure, realize snatching the stability of goods, and the operation of being convenient for.

The foregoing general description and the following description are exemplary and explanatory only and are not restrictive of the application.

Drawings

One or more embodiments are illustrated by way of example in the accompanying drawings, which correspond to the accompanying drawings and not in limitation thereof, in which elements having the same reference numeral designations are shown as like elements and not in limitation thereof, and wherein:

fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first view angle of a gripping state of a gripping device for a conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second view angle of a grabbing state of a grabbing device for a conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first perspective view of a released state of a gripping device for a transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure;

fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a second perspective view of a released state of a gripping device for a conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

Reference numerals:

100. a support assembly; 110. a suspension bracket; 120. clamping the bracket; 121. a first connecting plate;

122. a second connecting plate; 123. an upper connecting plate; 200. a grasping assembly; 210. a claw piece;

211. a working end; 212. a fixed end; 220. a drive section; 221. an output shaft;

300. goods to be grabbed; 500. a position switch.

Detailed Description

So that the manner in which the features and elements of the disclosed embodiments can be understood in detail, a more particular description of the disclosed embodiments, briefly summarized above, may be had by reference to the embodiments, some of which are illustrated in the appended drawings. In the following description of the technology, for purposes of explanation, numerous details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the disclosed embodiments. However, one or more embodiments may be practiced without these details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices may be shown in simplified form in order to simplify the drawing.

The terms "first," "second," and the like in the description and in the claims, and the above-described drawings of embodiments of the present disclosure, are used for distinguishing between similar elements and not necessarily for describing a particular sequential or chronological order. It should be understood that the data so used may be interchanged under appropriate circumstances such that embodiments of the present disclosure described herein may be made. Furthermore, the terms "comprising" and "having," as well as any variations thereof, are intended to cover non-exclusive inclusions.

In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the terms "upper", "lower", "inner", "middle", "outer", "front", "rear", and the like indicate orientations or positional relationships based on the orientations or positional relationships shown in the drawings. These terms are used primarily to better describe the disclosed embodiments and their examples and are not intended to limit the indicated devices, elements or components to a particular orientation or to be constructed and operated in a particular orientation. Moreover, some of the above terms may be used to indicate other meanings besides the orientation or positional relationship, for example, the term "on" may also be used to indicate some kind of attachment or connection relationship in some cases. The specific meanings of these terms in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art as appropriate.

In addition, the terms "disposed," "connected," and "secured" are to be construed broadly. For example, "connected" may be a fixed connection, a detachable connection, or a unitary construction; can be a mechanical connection, or an electrical connection; may be directly connected, or indirectly connected through intervening media, or may be in internal communication between two devices, elements or components. Specific meanings of the above terms in the embodiments of the present disclosure can be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art according to specific situations.

The term "plurality" means two or more unless otherwise specified.

It should be noted that, in the case of no conflict, the embodiments and features in the embodiments of the present disclosure may be combined with each other.

Fig. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of a first view angle of a gripping state of a gripping device for a conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 2 is a schematic structural diagram of a second view angle of a grabbing state of a grabbing device for a conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram illustrating a first perspective view of a released state of a gripping device for a transport apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure; fig. 4 is a schematic structural diagram of a second perspective view of a released state of a gripping device for a conveying apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in fig. 1 to 4, an embodiment of the present disclosure provides a gripping device for a conveying apparatus, which includes a supporting assembly 100 and a gripping assembly 200. The support assembly 100 is mounted to a conveyor apparatus. The grabbing assembly 200 is disposed on the supporting assembly 100, and includes a plurality of claw pieces 210 and a driving portion 220 connected to the claw pieces 210, wherein the driving portion 220 is configured to drive the working end 211 of one or more claw pieces 210 to rotate to form a grabbing state, or the driving portion 220 is configured to drive the working end 211 of one or more claw pieces 210 to rotate to form a releasing state. Like this, realized snatching and releasing the goods through the rotation of claw piece 210, simple structure, operation process is convenient.

Alternatively, the claw pieces 210 may be provided at intervals on one side of the conveying apparatus along the conveying path of the conveying apparatus, thereby achieving the gripping or releasing of the goods. Optionally, to improve the stability of the gripping or releasing of the goods, claw pieces 210 may be provided spaced on both sides of the conveying apparatus along the conveying path of the conveying apparatus.

Optionally, the support assembly 100 is mounted on a support structure of the conveyor apparatus. In this way, the gripping device for the conveying device can be stably connected with the conveying device, so that the working stability of the gripping device is ensured.

Optionally, the claw piece 210 includes a working end 211 and a fixed end 212. Alternatively, the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw pieces 210 may be rotated and gathered toward the direction of the goods 300 to be grabbed on the conveying path of the conveying apparatus, so that the plurality of claw pieces 210 are positioned on the circumferential side of the bottom of the goods 300 to be grabbed, thereby forming a grabbing state.

The plurality of claws 210 are spaced along the transport path of the transport apparatus, the working end 211 of the claw 210 is rotatable relative to the fixed end 212, and the working end 211 of the claw 210 is fixedly connected to the driving portion 220. So that the driving part 220 can drive the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw pieces 210 to rotate towards the goods 300 to be grabbed on the transmission path of the conveying equipment to form a grabbing state, and the goods 300 to be grabbed transported on the transmission path of the conveying equipment can be grabbed and lifted; alternatively, the driving part 220 is enabled to drive the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw pieces 210 to rotate away from the goods 300 to be grabbed to form a released state, releasing the grabbed goods.

Alternatively, the claw piece 210 has an upper plane and a lower plane opposite to the upper plane between the working end 211 and the fixed end 212, which planes are parallel to the transport plane of the transport device, which plane constitutes the transport path, and the lower plane of the claw piece 210 is higher than the transport plane in the working state. In this way, the normal operation of the claw piece 210 can be ensured, so as to prevent the claw piece 210 from contacting or scratching other structures of the conveying equipment.

Alternatively, in the case where the plurality of claw pieces 210 form the gripping state, the working ends of the claw pieces 210 located on both sides of the conveying path of the conveying apparatus face each other, that is, the first direction of the orientation of the working ends 211 of the claw pieces 210 at this time is perpendicular to the conveying direction, so as to ensure stable gripping of the plurality of claw pieces 210 to the article 300 to be gripped. Alternatively, in a case where the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw pieces 210 are rotated outward with respect to the gripping state to be separated from the goods, that is, in a released state. Alternatively, in the case where the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw pieces 210 are rotated outward by 90 ° with respect to the gripping state, a completely released state is formed in which the claw pieces 210 are parallel to the conveying direction. In this way, the claw piece 210 can be made to occupy as little space around the conveying apparatus as possible.

Alternatively, the plurality of claw pieces 210 may be inserted into the inside of the goods 300 to be grabbed, and the working ends of the plurality of claw pieces 210 are rotated toward the outside of the goods 300 to be grabbed, so that the plurality of claw pieces 210 are located on the circumferential side of the bottom of the goods 300 to be grabbed and extend outward, thereby forming a grabbing and lifting state.

Alternatively, the claw piece 210 may be a polygonal bar shape having a regular shape, or may have another shape.

By adopting the grabbing device for the conveying equipment, which is provided by the embodiment of the disclosure, the driving part simultaneously drives the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to rotate, so that the plurality of claw sheets form one or more grabbing states, for example, the claw sheets rotate towards the direction of goods to be grabbed, and the grabbing and lifting of the goods to be grabbed are realized; the driving part can also simultaneously drive the working ends of the plurality of claw sheets to rotate to form a loosened state for putting down the goods. Thereby through the simpler structure of snatching of structure, realize snatching the stability of goods, and the operation of being convenient for.

Alternatively, the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 is parallel to the horizontal direction, or the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 is bent toward the conveying path of the conveying apparatus.

Alternatively, the transport direction of the transport apparatus is parallel to the horizontal direction, and the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 is parallel to the horizontal direction. Like this, when treating to snatch goods 300 and snatch, can guarantee the stability of goods, reduce the slope or rock. Optionally, the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 is bent towards the transmission path. In this way, in the case where the plurality of claw pieces 210 form the gripping state, it is possible to improve the stability and safety of the gripping state by abutting the working ends 211 of the claw pieces 210 against the cargo 300 to be gripped.

Alternatively, the output shaft 221 of the driving portion 220 is fixedly connected to the fixed end 212 of the claw piece 210, and the fixed end 212 of the claw piece 210 is driven to rotate the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 synchronously. Alternatively, the driving part 220 may be a stepping motor, which has advantages of smooth operation and flexible control of the rotating direction and the rotating speed. Alternatively, the driving portion 220 may be another type of motor capable of achieving the above-mentioned effects, and the embodiment of the present disclosure is not particularly limited thereto.

Optionally, the output end of the driving portion 220 is an output shaft 221, and the fixed end 212 of the claw piece 210 drives the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 to rotate synchronously by the rotation of the output shaft 221. Alternatively, the drive motor may be rotated bidirectionally. Alternatively, in the case that the output shaft 221 rotates clockwise, the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 can be driven to rotate towards the goods 300 to be grabbed to form the grabbing state, and after the output shaft 221 rotates reversely, that is, in the case that the output shaft 221 rotates counterclockwise again, the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 can be driven to form the releasing state from the grabbing state. Alternatively, the other way around is that in the case that the output shaft 221 rotates counterclockwise, the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 can be driven to rotate towards the goods 300 to be grabbed to form the grabbing state, and after the output shaft 221 is driven to rotate reversely, that is, the output shaft 221 rotates clockwise again, the working end 211 of the claw piece 210 can be driven to form the releasing state from the grabbing state.

Optionally, the support assembly 100 includes a hanging bracket 110 and a clamping bracket 120. The suspension brackets 110 are mounted to the conveying apparatus. And the clamping bracket 120 comprises a first connecting plate 121 and a second connecting plate 122 which are positioned at two sides of the transmission path of the conveying equipment, and an upper connecting plate 123 which connects the first connecting plate 121 and the second connecting plate 122, wherein the upper connecting plate 123 is fixedly connected with the hanging bracket 110, and one or more driving parts 220 are arranged at the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 and/or the second connecting plate 122. Alternatively, the first connecting plate 121 and the second connecting plate 122 are located at both sides of the conveying path of the conveying apparatus, one or more claw pieces 210 are provided at the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 and/or the second connecting plate 122 to form a clamped state, the goods 300 to be grabbed can be located between the first connecting plate 121 and the second connecting plate 122, and the plurality of claw pieces 210 can be stably arranged at one side or both sides of the conveying path of the conveying apparatus by the driving part 220. Optionally, the upper connecting plate 123 is bolted to the suspension bracket 110.

Alternatively, the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 is provided with one or more claw pieces 210, and at this time, the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 is simultaneously provided with one or more driving parts 220 to drive the rotation of the claw pieces 210. Alternatively, the bottom of the second connecting plate 122 is provided with one or more claw pieces 210, and in this case, the bottom of the first connecting plate 122 is also provided with one or more driving parts 220 to drive the rotation of the claw pieces 210. Alternatively, the bottom portions of the first and second connection plates 121 and 122 are each provided with one or more claw pieces 210, and in this case, the bottom portions of the first and second connection plates 121 and 122 are provided with one or more driving portions 220 to drive the rotation of the claw pieces 210.

Taking the first connection plate 121 as an example, one driving portion 220 is provided at the bottom of the first connection plate 121, and in case that a plurality of claw pieces 210 are provided at one side of the first connection plate 121, the plurality of claw pieces 210 are connected to each other by a link, and an output shaft 221 of the driving portion 220 can be fixedly connected to a fixed end 212 of any one of the claw pieces 210, so that the plurality of claw pieces 210 can be rotated simultaneously, and the manufacturing cost can be reduced. Optionally, the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 is provided with a plurality of driving portions 220, and the driving portions are connected with the plurality of claw pieces 210 in a one-to-one correspondence manner, so as to ensure that the plurality of claw pieces 210 do not interfere with each other, and when any one of the driving portions 220 fails, the normal operation of the other claw pieces 210 is not affected.

Optionally, the second connecting plate 122 is disposed in the same manner as the first connecting plate 121, and is not described herein again.

Alternatively, in the case that a plurality of claw pieces are arranged at the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 and the second connecting plate 122, the claw piece 210 on the first connecting plate 121 and the claw piece 210 on the second connecting plate 122 are symmetrically arranged at two sides of the conveying path of the conveying equipment; alternatively, the claw pieces 210 on the first connecting plate 121 are provided on both sides of the conveying path of the conveying apparatus alternately with the claw pieces on the second connecting plate 122.

Optionally, the bottom of the first connecting plate 121 is provided with one or more claw pieces 210, which are connected with the driving parts 220 in a one-to-one correspondence; and/or, one or more claw sheets 210 are arranged at the bottom of the second connecting plate 122 and are connected with the driving parts 220 in a one-to-one correspondence manner. Thus, the claw pieces 210 are connected to the driving portions 220 in a one-to-one correspondence. Thus, the plurality of claw pieces 210 are ensured not to interfere with each other, and when any one of the driving parts 220 fails, the normal operation of the other claw pieces 210 is not affected.

In some embodiments, the gripping device for a transport apparatus further comprises: and the control module is electrically connected with the driving part 220 and used for controlling the electrifying state of the driving part 220 so as to drive the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw sheets 210 to rotate to switch the claw sheets 210 between the grabbing state and the releasing state.

As shown in fig. 1 to 4, in some embodiments, the control module is further configured to control the supporting component to drive the grabbing component 200 to perform an ascending and descending movement, and the grabbing device for the conveying apparatus further includes: the position switch 500 is fixedly disposed on the hanging bracket 110 and electrically connected to the control module, the supporting assembly 100 drives the grabbing assembly 200 to move downward to the first position to trigger the position switch 500, so that the control module controls the supporting assembly 100 to stop moving and controls the power-on state of the driving portion 220, and the control portion 220 drives the working ends 211 of the plurality of claw pieces 210 to rotate towards the goods 300 to be grabbed to form a grabbing state or a releasing state of the goods.

Alternatively, the gripping device for the conveying apparatus is installed above the conveying path of the conveying apparatus, a distance between the initial position and the first position is set in advance, and the gripping device for the conveying apparatus travels downward by the set distance to reach the first position. At this time, the position switch 500 is triggered, and the control module controls the supporting assembly 100, that is, controls the gripping device for the conveying apparatus to stop operating, so as to control the driving part 220 to be powered on to operate, thereby bringing the plurality of claw pieces 210 into a gripping state to grip the goods 300 to be gripped, or bringing the plurality of claw pieces 210 into a releasing state to release the goods.

Optionally, the position switch 500 is located in the same plane as the claw 210. In this way, the reaching of the rotatable position of the claw piece 210 can be obtained by the displacement of the position switch 500. Optionally, the pawl 210 operates in synchronization with the position switch 500.

Optionally, the position switch 500 is a travel switch.

The embodiment of the present disclosure further provides a conveying apparatus, which includes at least one gripping device for a conveying apparatus as provided in any one of the foregoing embodiments, and the gripping device for a conveying apparatus is disposed on a transmission path of the conveying apparatus.

Optionally, the gripping device for the transport apparatus is moved in the transport direction of the transport apparatus and is moved back and forth perpendicular to the transport direction. Therefore, the grabbing device for the conveying equipment can drive the goods to move upwards to the initial position after grabbing and lifting the goods, and convey the goods to a specified place along the conveying direction above the conveying path of the conveying equipment; or the goods can be grabbed and driven to move downwards and be placed on the transmission path of the conveying equipment, so that the function diversification of the grabbing device for the conveying equipment is realized. Alternatively, a plurality of gripping devices for the conveying apparatus may be arranged at intervals in the conveying direction of the conveying apparatus to improve the working efficiency.

The above description and drawings sufficiently illustrate embodiments of the disclosure to enable those skilled in the art to practice them. Other embodiments may include structural and other changes. The examples merely typify possible variations. Individual components and functions are optional unless explicitly required, and the sequence of operations may vary. Portions and features of some embodiments may be included in or substituted for those of others. The embodiments of the present disclosure are not limited to the structures that have been described above and shown in the drawings, and various modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope thereof. The scope of the present disclosure is limited only by the appended claims.

Claims (10)

1. A gripping device for a conveying apparatus, comprising:

the supporting assembly is mounted on the conveying equipment;

the grabbing component is arranged on the supporting component and comprises a plurality of claw pieces and a driving part connected with the claw pieces, the driving part is used for driving one or more working ends of the claw pieces to rotate so as to form a grabbing and lifting state, or the driving part is used for driving one or more working ends of the claw pieces to rotate so as to form a loosening state.

2. The grasping apparatus according to claim 1,

the working ends of the claw pieces are parallel to the horizontal direction or bent toward the conveying path of the conveying device.

3. The grasping apparatus according to claim 1,

the output shaft of the driving part is fixedly connected with the fixed end of the claw piece so as to drive the fixed end to drive the working end to rotate synchronously.

4. The grasping apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the support assembly includes:

the suspension bracket is mounted on the conveying equipment;

the clamping support comprises a first connecting plate, a second connecting plate and an upper connecting plate connected with the first connecting plate and the second connecting plate, the upper connecting plate is fixedly connected with the suspension support, and one or more driving parts are arranged at the bottom of the first connecting plate and/or the bottom of the second connecting plate.

5. The grasping apparatus according to claim 4,

one or more claw sheets are arranged at the bottom of the first connecting plate and are connected with the driving parts in a one-to-one corresponding mode; and/or one or more claw sheets are arranged at the bottom of the second connecting plate and are correspondingly connected with the driving parts one by one.

6. The grasping apparatus according to claim 4, wherein the grasping apparatus further comprises:

and the control module is electrically connected with the driving part and used for controlling the electrifying state of the driving part so as to drive the working ends of the plurality of claw pieces to rotate and enable the claw pieces to be switched between a grabbing state and a releasing state.

7. The grasping apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the control module is configured to control the support assembly to move the grasping assembly up and down, and the grasping apparatus further comprises:

and the position switch is fixedly arranged on the suspension bracket and is electrically connected with the control module, and the support component drives the grabbing component to downwards move to a first position to trigger the position switch, so that the control module controls the support component to stop moving and controls the power-on state of the driving part.

8. The grasping apparatus according to claim 7,

the position switch and the claw piece are positioned on the same plane.

9. A transport apparatus comprising at least one gripping device for a transport apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 8, disposed on a transport path of the transport apparatus.

10. A conveyor device according to claim 9, characterised in that the gripping means for the conveyor device are moved in the conveying direction of the conveyor device and are moved back and forth perpendicular to the conveying direction.

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