Gripper for retaining containers such as PET bottles

US8556317B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• KHS GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Renate Bodtländer · Guldental, DE
• Anke Moser · Merxheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Jul 8, 2010
• Grant date: Oct 15, 2013
• Expiry date: Jul 8, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B65G47/90
• WIPO field: Handling
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A gripper for retaining containers includes gripper arms extending from corresponding rotation axes. Each gripper arm ends in a free claw and has a pair of permanent magnets. Adjacent poles of adjacent magnets have opposite polarities. The gripper also has a carrier plate for the gripper arms. This carrier plate has two pairs of permanent magnets oriented parallel to the rotation axes.