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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Feb. 24, 2020
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Koji Izumi, Osaka, JP;
Hayato Mori, Osaka, JP;
Masaru Takagi, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiko Yamakawa, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/06 (2006.01); B25J 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0608 (2013.01); B25J 15/0028 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gripping mechanism includes a holder, a gripping roller, and a lever. The gripping roller is housed within the holder and grips an object between the roller and an inner surface of the holder. The lever releases gripping of the object by pushing the gripping roller upward. Preferably, the holder includes two plate sections which support a weight of the gripping roller. An opening is located between the two plate sections. The opening receives insertion of the object. One of the two plate sections is inclined relative to a vertical direction.