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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:
Nov. 15, 1988
Filed:
Oct. 16, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Rieter Machine Works Ltd., Winterthur, CH;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 464 ;
Abstract
An actuating system for a bobbin tube gripper comprises resilient structure held in compression in order to create a force for urging tube gripping elements into engagement with a tube to be gripped. The resilient structure constitutes a body of a porous elastomer.