Apparatus for gripping an object

Details Apparatus for gripping an object Apparatus for gripping an object

1991-02-13

1992-02-25

Cherry, Johnny D.

Handling: hand and hoist-line implements

Grapple

Inflatable

269 22, B25J 1500, B66C 146

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050907590

ABSTRACT:
A catching apparatus has a body to which an open ended inflatable cylindrical tube is affixed, for sealingly catching a fluid filled object. The fluid filled object is caught by the surface of the tube when air is supplied to the space between the tube and the body. An inflation limiting member is provided in a part of an area in which the tube inflates, in order to limit the inflation of the tube to a desired region.

REFERENCES:
patent: 2784997 (1957-03-01), Baumann
patent: 2929653 (1960-03-01), Hund et al.
patent: 3831995 (1974-08-01), Duncan
patent: 3835633 (1974-09-01), Klein
patent: 4079980 (1978-03-01), Eichholz et al.

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