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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1995
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1993
Applicant:
Inventors:
Katsuhiko Sugito, Nagoya, JP;
Yasuo Hibi, Nagoya, JP;
Assignee:
Nippodenso Co., Ltd., Kariya, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
2941191 ; 294 88 ; 294902 ; 901 39 ; 269266 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for holding an object includes a plurality of holding pins and restricting means for restricting displacement thereof. The holding pins are retained on a guide member in a manner movable in the direction projecting therefrom and are displaced to a holding position where the geometry formed by their respective terminal ends upon contact with an object to be held conforms to the contour of said object to be held. The restricting means contacts the outer side surface of the holding pins so as to restrict their movement in the state where the holding pins are displaced to the holding position.