Abstract: A fluid operated gripper which possesses a gripper device housing resembling a hollow body and on which a bearing body is secured. On the bearing body at least two relatively moving gripper device jaw carriers are movably mounted in a slot arrangement. A drive piston runs in a piston chamber. The bearing body is designed in the form of an insert body, which is seated like a cartridge in a receiving chamber arranged in an axial extension of the piston chamber. The slot arrangement is overlapped to the side externally by the housing wall, which delimits the receiving chamber, for at least part of its length.

Abstract: A modular manipulation unit is disclosed. The unit includes a body (11) formed of three extruded, profiled elements. The elements include a base plate (15), a top element or cover (16) fixed on the base plate, and an intermediate slide (17) arranged and guided between the base plate and the top element. An interface part (13) is fixed and movable with the intermediate slide, and an actuator is connected to the said intermediate slide for movements of same and of the gripping tool carried by the said interface part.

Abstract: A pneumatic parallel or radial gripper or air gun having two or more gripping jaws, wherein at least the gripping jaws their connection to the controlling piston are pre-assembled on a support that is made of plastic material. This allows for the subsequent assembly en bloc on the body in correlation with the piston. The support also acts as a device of protection.