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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 17, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin G Sawdon, St. Clair, MI (US);
Dean J Kruger, Jeddo, MI (US);
Steven J Sprotberry, Marysville, MI (US);
Assignee:
BTM Corporation, Marysville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
294116 ; 294 88 ; 294902 ;
Abstract
A universal gripper has a movable arm locked in a gripping position by abutting against a movable blocking member. A pair of pivoting arms are maintained in their gripping positions by a blocking member being linearly slid between ends of the arms. Varying movable arm configurations can be easily interchanged with each other and mounted to a body by way of a single fixed pivot pin. The opening angle of a gripper arm can be mechanically limited to various positions by selective positioning of an adjustment member.