Handling: hand and hoist-line implements – Hook – hoistline – or grab type – Locking device
Patent
1992-01-30
1993-09-28
Cherry, Johnny D.
Handling: hand and hoist-line implements
Hook, hoistline, or grab type
Locking device
271 19, 294116, B25J 1508, B65H 302
Patent
active
052481778
ABSTRACT:
A pickup device for use with a fabric piece handling system for picking up and placing fabric pieces. The device includes a frame and a pair of opposed jaws moveably attached at one end to the frame. The head portion of each opposed jaw includes a fabric contact surface having an array of fabric engaging teeth for urging a portion of the fabric piece into a bunched condition for pickup and a gripping surface adjacent to the fabric contact surface for engagement with the other opposed jaw for picking up the fabric piece. A fluid operated piston is attached between the frame and the pair of opposed jaws for moving the pair of opposed jaws between a first position wherein the pair of opposed jaws are in an unobstructed open position to allow a piece of cloth to freely pass into a position between the pair of opposed jaws and a second position wherein the pair of opposed jaws are in an operative clamping position with respect to each other to clamp a piece of cloth therebetween. An ejector adjacent to the jaws disengages the piece of cloth therebetween the pair of jaws when the pair of opposed jaws are in the unobstructed open position.
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Brochure entitled "Textile Pick-up", undated, from Tex-Matic of Denmark.
Jones William S.
Zimmerman Roger W.
Cherry Johnny D.
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