IP Library Granted Patent US 12709026
Granted Patent B2
US 12709026 · App. 18/187,015 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Suction board

Inventors: Masaru Saitoh (Tsukubamirai, JP); Yoshikazu Kawano (Tsukubamirai, JP)
Assignee: SMC CORPORATION
B25J15/0691
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12709026
App. No.
18/187,015
Filed
Mar 21, 2023
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
3675
USPC
294/188
Abstract

A suction board includes a nonwoven fabric sheet that has a uniform thickness and is formed into a disk shape, and a ring-shaped holding body that movably supports the nonwoven fabric sheet to an attaching adapter. The suction surface is formed by the flat surface of the nonwoven fabric sheet, and the nonwoven fabric sheet is provided with an air-impermeable region in the outer peripheral portion and an air-permeable region excluding the outer peripheral portion, and the density of the air-impermeable region is higher than the density of the air-permeable region.

Claims (35)

1 . A suction board including a suction surface configured to come into close contact with a workpiece, the suction board comprising:

an attaching adapter attached to a vacuum generating device;

a nonwoven fabric sheet having a uniform thickness and being formed into a disk shape; and

a ring-shaped holding body configured to movably support the nonwoven fabric sheet with respect to the attaching adapter,

wherein

the suction surface is formed by a flat surface of the nonwoven fabric sheet,

the nonwoven fabric sheet is provided with an air-impermeable region on an outer peripheral portion and an air-permeable region excluding the outer peripheral portion, and

a density of the air-impermeable region is higher than a density of the air-permeable region.

2 . The suction board according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding body has a closed-cell structure.

3 . The suction board according to claim 2 ,

wherein a holding plate is joined to the attaching adapter.

4 . The suction board according to claim 3 ,

wherein

the holding body includes a notch groove for inserting a jig,

the notch groove encircles the holding body on an outer peripheral surface of the holding body,

the holding body is joined to the attaching adapter using a double-sided tape, and

the holding body is joined to the nonwoven fabric sheet using a double-sided tape.

5 . The suction board according to claim 4 ,

wherein a value of (H−L′)/H is 0.3 or less where H is a height of a main body portion of the holding body, and L′ is a distance from a stepped surface of the attaching adapter to which the holding body is joined to the holding plate.

6 . The suction board according to claim 2 ,

wherein the nonwoven fabric sheet and the holding body are electrically conductive.

7 . The suction board according to claim 2 ,

wherein a holding plate is joined to the nonwoven fabric sheet.

8 . The suction board according to claim 7 ,

wherein

the holding body includes a notch groove for inserting a jig therein,

the notch groove encircles the holding body on an outer peripheral surface of the holding body,

the holding body is joined to the attaching adapter using a double-sided tape, and

the holding body is joined to the holding plate using a double-sided tape.

9 . The suction board according to claim 8 ,

further comprising a damper attached to the attaching adapter,

wherein the damper is configured to come into contact with the holding plate.

10 . The suction board according to claim 9 ,

wherein a value of (H−L)/H is 0.3 or less where H is a height of a main body portion of the holding body, and L is a distance from a stepped surface of the attaching adapter to which the holding body is joined to a protruding end of the damper.