Changing device for gripper jaws of an industrial robot

摘要

To handle tools or workpieces, industrial robots are equipped with a gripping device having two gripper jaws movable synchronously in opposite directions. The novel changing device is to enable simple and rapid automatic changing of the gripper jaws. The changing device has a receptacle for the gripper jaw, which is held non-positively in the receptacle. In the receptacle the gripper jaw lies transversally to the direction of movement of a gripper-jaw holder, which has a positive-locking part capable of being inserted into an opening of the gripper jaw. The gripper-jaw holder is moved by the industrial robot transversally to the gripper jaw through the receptacle, in which process the positive-locking part engages in the opening of the gripper jaw and thus connects it to the gripper-jaw holder. The changing device is suitable for use with industrial robots.