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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:
Oct. 02, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 25, 1977
Applicant:
Inventor:
Robert W McGill, Munroe Falls, US;
Assignee:
A-T-O, Inc., Willoughby, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294116 ;
Abstract
Article gripping devices are provided wherein a pair of gripper jaws are pivotally carried on a frame means and a pair of opposed oppositely inclined camming surfaces positioned on a vertical axis on the frame engage a pair of vertically spaced cam follower surfaces formed on the gripper jaws whereby on relative vertical movement of the gripper jaws on the frame by a jaw carrier means, the gripper jaws are moved from bottle engaging to bottle releasing positions and with the position of the gripper jaws being positively controlled at all times.