ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,371,282, issued on July 29, was assigned to JUKI Corp. (Tama, Japan).
"Pick-up device" was invented by Takeshi Maruyama (Tama, Japan) and Yuuki Uehara (Tama, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pick-up device picking up stacked sheet-shaped workpieces from the top, the device includes a nozzle mechanism that pulls up a first workpiece from the top of the stacked workpieces by air blowing, a holding mechanism that holds the first workpiece, a separation mechanism that includes a claw member being inserted into a lower side of the first workpiece with respect to the stacked workpieces, and a forward and backward drive unit causing a tip...