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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 20, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 07, 2013
Applicant:
Khs Gmbh, Dortmund, DE;
Inventor:
Igor Singur, Bad Kreuznach, DE;
Assignee:
KHS GmbH, Dortmund, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/84 (2006.01); B65G 47/86 (2006.01); B65G 47/90 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G 47/847 (2013.01); B65G 47/908 (2013.01); B65G 2201/0247 (2013.01);
Abstract
A one-piece container gripper for suspending containers from a container region beneath a container mouth has segments, a locking portion, and a spring portion. On a front side of the container gripper, the segments define a container mount between them. The spring portion exerts a closing force pre-stressing the segments, thus urging the container mount to close. The segments can be moved apart against a spring-exerted closing force to open the gripper. The locking portion, which is integral with the container gripper, moves resiliently between a position that locks the gripper and a position that unlocks it.