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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:
Jan. 31, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 16, 2019
Applicant:
Kyocera Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Inventor:
Satoshi Ando, Osaka, JP;
Assignee:
KYOCERA Document Solutions Inc., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/00 (2006.01); B23P 19/04 (2006.01); B23P 19/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J 15/0028 (2013.01); B23P 19/04 (2013.01); B25J 15/0038 (2013.01); B23P 19/007 (2013.01);
Abstract
A gripping mechanism () includes a holder (), a gripping roller (), a first movable plate (), a second movable plate (), a first spring (), and a second spring (). The holder () houses the gripping roller (). The first movable plate () and the second movable plate () pinch the gripping roller () inside the holder (). The first spring () urges the first movable plate () toward the gripping roller (). The second spring () urges the second movable plate () toward the gripping roller (). The gripping mechanism () grips a gripped section () of a first component () between the first movable plate () and the gripping roller ().