摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a holding device with its holding force made stronger than ever before by increasing a thickness of an abutting part in its pinching direction. <P>SOLUTION: The holding device 1 includes: claws 4, 5; a bag-like member 6a made of an elastic material; particles 6b to be put into the bag-like member 6a; and abutting parts 6, 6 attached to the abutting position of each of the claws 4, 5 with a workpiece 50. By displacement of each of the claws 4, 5, the workpiece 50 is wedged between the abutting parts 6, 6. With the workpiece 50 remaining held, the particles 6b are cured without changing their optional shape by increasing a volume ratio of the particles 6b to an internal volume of the bag-like member 6a so that the workpiece 50 can be held by a gripping part 2 of the holding device 1. The gripping part 2 is continuous to a front part 6c thereof where the bag-like member 6a composing the abutting part 6 comes into abutment with the workpiece 50, and includes a regulation member 9 (holding frame 9a) to regulate a position of a side portion 6d that is about perpendicular to the front part 6c. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2012,JPO&INPIT |