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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:
Jul. 02, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edwin G. Sawdon, St. Clair, MI (US);
Andrew T. Sanders, Fort Gratiot, MI (US);
Assignee:
BTM Corporation, Marysville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/00 ; B66C 1/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/00 ; B66C 1/00 ;
Abstract
A gripper includes a body and an actuator coupled to the body. The gripper further includes a first hub rotatably mounted to the body where the first hub is drivingly engaged with the actuator. A second hub is selectively drivingly engaged with the actuator. The second hub rotates in a direction opposite to the first hub. A first arm is coupled to the first hub and a second arm is coupled to the second hub. The first and second arms are articulable from open position to closed positions.