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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 08, 1988
Filed:
Jun. 11, 1987
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Fukuyama, Tokyo, JP;
Tadakazu Nishikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Misawa, Tokyo, JP;
Yasuo Suzuki, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Bridgestone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ; B66C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294 981 ; 901 31 ;
Abstract
The present invention provides a catching head of apparatus for catching parts, having a tube expansible by a fluid such as air, etc. hermetically fixed at both the ends thereof to a hard base end and free end, respectively, of a core member. When in use, the tube of the catching head is expanded by air to catch a part or any other object to be handled. The one end of the tube attached to the free end of the core member is fitted as folded back to the free end of the core member. A passage is formed in the base end of the core member to supply air into the tube hermetically sealed.