Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Grapple – Load shifting
Patent
1992-05-15
1994-02-08
Mitchell, David M.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Grapple
Load shifting
2941031, 294906, 376260, 376261, 376268, B66C 162, G21C 1900
Patent
active
052843742
ABSTRACT:
The inventive apparatus for remotely handling bar-like components which define a longitudinal direction includes a gripper mechanism for gripping the component including first and second gripper members longitudinally fixedly spaced from each other and oriented parallel to each other in planes transverse to the longitudinal direction. Each gripper member includes a jaw having at least one V-groove with opposing surfaces intersecting at a base and extending radially relative to the longitudinal direction for receiving the component in an open end between the opposing surfaces. The V-grooves on the jaw plate of the first and second gripper members are aligned in the longitudinal direction to support the component in the first and second gripper members. A jaw is rotatably mounted on and a part of each of the first and second gripper members for selectively assuming a retracted mode in which the open end of the V-groove is unobstructed and active mode in which the jaw spans the open end of the V-groove in the first and second gripper members. The jaw has a locking surface for contacting the component in the active mode to secure the component between the locking surface of the jaw and the opposing surfaces of the V-groove. The locking surface has a plurality of stepped portions, each defining a progressively decreasing radial distance between the base of the V-groove and the stepped portion opposing the base to accommodate varying sizes of components.
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Griffin Donald L.
Szkrybalo Gregory A.
Constant Richard E.
Imwalle William M.
Kramer Dean J.
Mitchell David M.
Moser William R.
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