Gripping apparatus with two fingers covered by a movable film

A gripping apparatus for pick and place handling of articles, wherein the apparatus comprises: a supporting frame (100); and a pair of gripping fingers (2a, 2b) mounted directly or indirectly to the supporting frame and moveable towards each other so as to grip an article (3) therebetween or moveabl...

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Main Authors REED JOHN N, MILES SIMON J
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 25.11.2004
Edition7
Subjects
CHAMBERS PROVIDED WITH MANIPULATION DEVICES
HAND TOOLS
MANIPULATORS
PERFORMING OPERATIONS
PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS
TRANSPORTING
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Summary:A gripping apparatus for pick and place handling of articles, wherein the apparatus comprises: a supporting frame (100); and a pair of gripping fingers (2a, 2b) mounted directly or indirectly to the supporting frame and moveable towards each other so as to grip an article (3) therebetween or moveable apart for conventional release of the article, each finger being faced with a respective facing material web (7a, 7b) which is powered to be moveable over the surface of the finger, whereby an article gripped between the gripping fingers may be picked up, released and/or moved therealong, in use, by movement of the facing material webs and independently of movement of the grippping fingers toward or away from each other.
Bibliography:Application Number: US20040485504