Holding device for rod-shaped components
US7752806B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 6, 2006 |
| Grant date | Jul 13, 2010 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 10, 2026 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16M2200/08
- WIPO fieldMechanical elements
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A holding device for rod-shaped components comprising holding elements that move through a series of positions. To hold a component the holding elements move in sequence from open releasing positions, to contacting positions, to aligning positions and finally to fully closed positions. Holding elements in aligning positions permit the held component to be moved and aligned even though the holding elements are more firmly in contact with the component than in their contacting positions. Slide-resistant surfaces formed on the holding elements are made in such a way that in the case of the movement of a misaligned component, sliding resistance is intensified in one direction while sliding resistance is reduced in another direction to permit movement of the component in that direction into the desired alignment. The holding elements are moved in the opposite sequence to release a component.
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