Fluid actuated gripper
US5595413A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 12, 1994 |
| Grant date | Jan 21, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 12, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25J15/0253
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A fluid actuated gripper mechanism with opposed gripper slides received on ways of a housing and actuated by opposed pistons received in a common bore. Each piston is transfixed by a coupling pin secured to one slide. Movement of the pistons and slides is synchronized by a lever pivotally mounted in the housing and having equally radially spaced apart and parallel elongate cam slots in which the coupling pins are received.
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