VACUUM PICK-UP DEVICE WITH MECHANICALLY ASSISTED RELEASE

摘要

A vacuum pick-up device 20 includes a device body 22 having a pick-up t ip opening 78 to which vacuum pressure is supplied. The vacuum pick-up device 2 0 further includes a mechanical release assisting device 36 that assists in the releas e of a grasped object contemporaneously with or slightly subsequent to the cessation of vacuum pressure. A manifold 38 may be included to efficiently and effectively suppl y vacuum pressure to the device body 22 from a vacuum pressure source.