US2658789A - Suction box - Google Patents

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US2658789A
US2658789A US183275A US18327550A US2658789A US 2658789 A US2658789 A US 2658789A US 183275 A US183275 A US 183275A US 18327550 A US18327550 A US 18327550A US 2658789 A US2658789 A US 2658789A
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Andries W Tellier
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/02—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by suction means
    • B66C1/0231—Special lip configurations
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/02—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by suction means
    • B66C1/0212—Circular shape
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B66—HOISTING; LIFTING; HAULING
    • B66C—CRANES; LOAD-ENGAGING ELEMENTS OR DEVICES FOR CRANES, CAPSTANS, WINCHES, OR TACKLES
    • B66C1/00—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles
    • B66C1/02—Load-engaging elements or devices attached to lifting or lowering gear of cranes or adapted for connection therewith for transmitting lifting forces to articles or groups of articles by suction means
    • B66C1/0237—Multiple lifting units; More than one suction area
    • B66C1/025—Divided cups
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC
    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y10S206/00—Special receptacle or package
    • Y10S206/804—Special receptacle or package with means to lift or draw out content

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  • My present invention relates to means adapted to grip and transport a plurality of segregate, regularly positioned bodies of relatively uniform shape.
  • Means of this type comprise a box tted with a nozzle to be connected through a hose to a vacuum source, said box having a flat bottom provided with a plurality of apertures therein, each aperture communicating, through a nipple, with an elastic tube carrying a suction cup.
  • Said box is adapted, through suitable mechanism or manually, to be lowered from a position vertically above the bodies to engage the bodies, and thereupon to be raised again and moved laterally into a position vertically above another support upon which the bodies are to be deposited.
  • valve means should be provided for applying vacuum to, and for restoring atmospheric pressure in the suction cups in timed relation with the movements of the box.
  • My present invention ⁇ has for its object to provide an improved suction box for the purpose stated, i. e. a suction box adapted to grip a plurality of eggs or similar bodies regularly positioned on a support, even if the heights of said bodies should differ to a relatively great extent.
  • each elastic suction cup of the suction box comprises, in combination, a domeshaped element having an aperture in its top and adapted to seat itself in a substantially air-tight manner upon the body to be handled thereby, and a tubular member extending from said aperture upwards and connected to a nipple of the box, the wall of the lower portion of the said element being relatively thick and the wall of the upper portion on at least one side of said aperture being so thin as to be adapted, under the influence of axial forces, to be resiliently collapsed through a substantial axial direction relative to the said lower portion of said element.
  • Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view of a suction box provided with six suction cups in accordance with the present invention
  • Fig. 2 is an enlarged vertical sectional view of one of the suction cups shown in Figure 1, and
  • Fig. 3 is a sectional view of the suction cup shown in Figure 2 in collapsed position.
  • the numeral 4 designates a suction box provided with a central nozzle 5 in its top AWall 6 and with six aligned nipples 1 in its flat adapted to seat itself in an airtight manner upon an egg E disposed in an opening I2 in a stationary rack I3.
  • the top of said element I0 has an aperture I4 through which the element communicates with the tube 9.
  • the tops of the four eggs E are disposed at different levels and angles.
  • the suction box is shown as being lowered into bottom position, and in this position suction cups I0 have seated themselves on the eggs vertically below, without the tubes 9 being appreciably deformed.
  • the suction cups I B comprise a relatively deep stili substantially cylindrical skirt I5 forming the lower portion thereof and a domed top wall I6 connecting the upper portion of said skirt I5 with the tube 9 around the aperture I4.
  • the domed top wall I6 is flexible to accommodate variations in elevation and angularity between the skirt I5 and the tube 9 and, preferably, this top wall is thinner than said skirt I5 or tube 9 for this purpose.
  • said top wall may be provided with one or more corrugations I1 to increase its exibility.
  • the improvement in said cup comprising a relatively deep stii skirt connected to said tube by a domed flexible top Wall to accommodate variations in elevation and angularity between said skirt and said tube upon engagement by said skirt with a body, said skirt, top wall and tube being integral with said top wall being thinner than said skirt and tube.
  • said skirt being relatively thick-walled and substan-V tially cylindrical, the lower free edge of said skirt being inwardly chamfered.

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Cited By (11)

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US2798757A (en) * 1951-02-23 1957-07-09 American Mach & Foundry Article lifting device
US2803485A (en) * 1955-05-23 1957-08-20 Page Detroit Inc Egg lifter
US2840415A (en) * 1955-09-27 1958-06-24 American Hatchery Engineers In Egg handling apparatus
US2903290A (en) * 1954-12-09 1959-09-08 American Hatchery Engineers In Vacuum transfer machine
US3013833A (en) * 1958-12-01 1961-12-19 Dean R Gwin Vacuum pick up device
US3302967A (en) * 1965-03-08 1967-02-07 Hyster Co Overhead load-handling apparatus
US3330589A (en) * 1966-03-14 1967-07-11 Fmc Corp Article handling device
US3920128A (en) * 1974-01-25 1975-11-18 Kliklok Corp Article transfer system with spatial adjustment
US20040051323A1 (en) * 2001-07-31 2004-03-18 Eberhard Stohr Position means for objects and more especially for pneumatic handling devices
US20140255141A1 (en) * 2011-10-10 2014-09-11 Moba Group B.V. Tray Gripper Head
WO2019180254A1 (en) * 2018-03-22 2019-09-26 Elior Group Vessel handling apparatus

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US1222535A (en) * 1913-11-25 1917-04-10 Raymond C Penfield Apparatus for handling brick.
US1252280A (en) * 1917-03-17 1918-01-01 Charles D Mcdonald Suction-cup.
FR599427A (fr) * 1925-05-28 1926-01-12 Marinoni Machines Et Materiel Appareil pneumatique séparateur de feuilles en piles
US1987336A (en) * 1930-04-10 1935-01-08 Pacific Egg Producers Cooperat Egg pick-up apparatus
US2126689A (en) * 1936-11-11 1938-08-09 Pouliot Alex Suction plunger
US2531955A (en) * 1947-09-23 1950-11-28 John R Toney Egg holder

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* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US1222535A (en) * 1913-11-25 1917-04-10 Raymond C Penfield Apparatus for handling brick.
US1252280A (en) * 1917-03-17 1918-01-01 Charles D Mcdonald Suction-cup.
FR599427A (fr) * 1925-05-28 1926-01-12 Marinoni Machines Et Materiel Appareil pneumatique séparateur de feuilles en piles
US1987336A (en) * 1930-04-10 1935-01-08 Pacific Egg Producers Cooperat Egg pick-up apparatus
US2126689A (en) * 1936-11-11 1938-08-09 Pouliot Alex Suction plunger
US2531955A (en) * 1947-09-23 1950-11-28 John R Toney Egg holder

Cited By (12)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
Publication number Priority date Publication date Assignee Title
US2798757A (en) * 1951-02-23 1957-07-09 American Mach & Foundry Article lifting device
US2903290A (en) * 1954-12-09 1959-09-08 American Hatchery Engineers In Vacuum transfer machine
US2803485A (en) * 1955-05-23 1957-08-20 Page Detroit Inc Egg lifter
US2840415A (en) * 1955-09-27 1958-06-24 American Hatchery Engineers In Egg handling apparatus
US3013833A (en) * 1958-12-01 1961-12-19 Dean R Gwin Vacuum pick up device
US3302967A (en) * 1965-03-08 1967-02-07 Hyster Co Overhead load-handling apparatus
US3330589A (en) * 1966-03-14 1967-07-11 Fmc Corp Article handling device
US3920128A (en) * 1974-01-25 1975-11-18 Kliklok Corp Article transfer system with spatial adjustment
US20040051323A1 (en) * 2001-07-31 2004-03-18 Eberhard Stohr Position means for objects and more especially for pneumatic handling devices
US20140255141A1 (en) * 2011-10-10 2014-09-11 Moba Group B.V. Tray Gripper Head
US9499287B2 (en) * 2011-10-10 2016-11-22 Moba Group B.V. Tray gripper head
WO2019180254A1 (en) * 2018-03-22 2019-09-26 Elior Group Vessel handling apparatus

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