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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 23, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Dean J. Kruger, Jeddo, MI (US);
Assignee:
BTM Corporation, Marysville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/00 ; B25B 1/08 ; B23Q 3/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B66C 1/00 ; B25B 1/08 ; B23Q 3/08 ;
Abstract
A gripper includes a body, an actuator movably supported by the body and a first hub rotatably supported by the body where the first hub rotates about a transverse axis. The gripper also includes a drive arm having a camming surface. The drive arm is coupled to the first hub so as to be rotatable about the transverse axis. A member drivingly interconnects the camming surface and the actuator such that an arm coupled to the first hub operably moves in response to the actuator.