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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 18, 2001
Filed:
Mar. 15, 1999
Applicant:
Inventors:
Pao-Ter Huang, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Christopher Chunsheng Cai, New Fairfield, CT (US);
Joseph P. Snyder, Jr., Wilton, CT (US);
John H. Lecko, Southbury, CT (US);
Jaroslav Janik, Southbury, CT (US);
Rajan Chandrakant Penkar, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Peter Douglas Jackson, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Assignee:
United Parcel Service of America Inc., Atlanta, GA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/02 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for gripping parcels which includes a pair of cooperating side clamps connected by a scissors actuator, configured for movement with a suction holding device. A controller and a trigger switch are likewise used to facilitate accurate gripping of parcels thereby.