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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 23, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 13, 2007
Conrad Earl Waldorf, Pinckney, MI (US);
Anthony Jenkins, Clawson, MI (US);
James R. Kalb, Petersburg, MI (US);
Conrad Earl Waldorf, Pinckney, MI (US);
Anthony Jenkins, Clawson, MI (US);
James R. Kalb, Petersburg, MI (US);
Syron Engineering & Manufacturing, LLC, Saline, MI (US);
Abstract
A gripper assembly includes at least one gripper jaw and an actuator head linked with the at least one gripper jaw. An actuator selectively operates to move the actuator head between a plurality of positions. A support is fixed relative to the actuator and includes a guide slot that guides the actuator head. One of the actuator head or the guide slot includes a channel and the other of the actuator head or the guide slot includes a guide member extending there from at least partially into the channel.