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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:
Mar. 03, 1987
Filed:
Jul. 22, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
David A Smith, Midland, MI (US);
Herbert B Geiger, Bay City, MI (US);
Assignee:
The Dow Chemical Company, Midland, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
271 82 ; 101409 ;
Abstract
A device for engaging articles of varying thicknesses includes an anvil defining a gripping surface, a gripper finger assembly, and a finger actuator means for pivoting the gripper finger assembly with respect to the anvil. The gripper finger assembly includes a gripper finger, a finger support, and a spring which engages the finger and finger support and spring biases the finger into a neutral position with respect to the finger support. The finger may be moved out of its neutral position in either direction when forces in excess of predetermined forces are applied to the finger.