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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 20, 1976
Filed:
Jun. 23, 1975
Applicant:
Inventor:
Harold J Keene, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Assignee:
Stowell Industries Inc., Milwaukee, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214 / ; 214309 ; 294 / ;
Abstract
The metal stem of the gripper head assembly incorporates a flexible rubber section which permits limited movement of the gripper to align the gripper with the bottle while any necessary or desirable vertical movement is accommodated by vertical movement of the metal stem against the bias of the spring. The flexibility afforded by the rubber is adequate for self-alignment purposes but is not great enough to allow pendulation or swinging of the bottles during horizontal transport.