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Gripping device for containers

US7784603B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

25Claims

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Assignee

KRONES AG · DE

Inventor

Berthold Burgmeier · Neresheim, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 31, 2006
Grant date	Aug 31, 2010
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 19, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
CPC primaryB65G2201/0247
WIPO fieldHandling
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A gripper for containers, in particular for bottles, with at least first and second gripper arms (1, 2) which are mounted such that they can pivot and are acted on in the gripping pivoting direction by magnetically interacting permanent magnets such as, permanent magnets which simultaneously repel one another and attract one another are arranged in such a way that the sum of the repelling and attracting forces which act in the gripping pivoting direction on the gripper arms is substantially constant within a predetermined gripping range (d1 to d2) of the gripper which covers different container gripping sizes.

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