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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 12, 1984
Kay T Nusbaumer, Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Bruce D McIntosh, Monroeville, IN (US);
PHD, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN (US);
Abstract
A gripping apparatus is provided which includes a pair of jaw pads that are independently and pivotally mounted to a pair of bell cranks which are spaced apart from each other and which are pivotally mounted to a supporting structure; the supporting strucuture is mounted to a power cylinder; the power cylinder provides oscillating actuation of the bell cranks through a dog retainer and a spherical portion of the bell cranks; and parallel mechanisms, which include one lever arm of each of the bell cranks, and which include a pair of parallel links, keep pad surfaces of the jaw pads parallel to each other as the lever arms of the bell cranks move arcuately.