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Device for holding objects for fingerprinting

US4304398A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 2, 1980
Grant dateDec 8, 1981
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 2, 2000

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB65G49/061
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A jig is provided for use in supporting objects from which fingerprints are to be removed or lifted, the operative mechanism comprising a plurality of pivoted arms which can be made to expand or contract to engage a bottle, glass or the like from the inside or the outside, this movement being effected by means of rotating a junction collar to which the arms are pivoted at their inside end about a central shaft, advancing the collar toward or away from a guide disk. A stand is provided into which the shaft is inserted and in which it may be rotated about its longitudinal axis or removed, and a second shaft having a frustoconical stopper on the end may be used in the stand alternatively to the more complicated, expanding-arm structure described above.

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