Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes – With severing – removing material from preform mechanically,...
Patent
1996-11-27
1998-07-21
Fiorilla, Christopher A.
Plastic and nonmetallic article shaping or treating: processes
With severing, removing material from preform mechanically,...
29428, 264163, 264219, 264294, 264296, 264400, B29C 3702, B29C 3340, B28B 714
Patent
active
057831300
ABSTRACT:
A miniature plastic gripper actuated by inflation of a miniature balloon and method of fabricating same. The gripper is constructed of either heat-shrinkable or heat-expandable plastic tubing and is formed around a mandrel, then cut to form gripper prongs or jaws and the mandrel removed. The gripper is connected at one end with a catheter or tube having an actuating balloon at its tip, whereby the gripper is opened or dosed by inflation or deflation of the balloon. The gripper is designed to removably retain a member to which is connected a quantity or medicine, plugs, or micro-components. The miniature plastic gripper is inexpensive to fabricate and can be used for various applications, such as gripping, sorting, or placing of micron-scale particles for analysis.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4138132 (1979-02-01), Doyle
Benett William J.
Folta James A.
Krulevitch Peter A.
Lee Abraham P.
Northrup Milton A.
Carnahan L. E.
Fiorilla Christopher A.
Regents of the University of California
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