Material or article handling – Vertically swinging load support – Grab
Patent
1996-10-18
1998-10-06
Underwood, Donald W.
Material or article handling
Vertically swinging load support
Grab
2482305, 403390, 403391, B66C 142
Patent
active
058167714
ABSTRACT:
An improved gripping arm assembly including a two-piece gripper arm body construction which includes an arm clamp having alignment pins, and an arm main body with corresponding alignment holes for receiving the clamp pins, and a means for securably attaching the main body with the clamp. This two-piece gripper arm construction is simpler to remove than one-piece standard gripper arms. To replace a broken gripper arm with a new gripper arm only requires unscrewing fasteners holding the two-piece old gripper arm together allowing detachment of the broken gripper arm from the shaft, and clamping the two pieces of the new gripper arm together around the shafts and securing the screws and re-clipping an operating rod. The two-piece construction eliminates the need to remove a shaft from the machine or other gripper arms from the shaft when repairing or replacing one gripper arm or replacing or repairing a shaft having gripper arms mounted thereto.
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Electro-Mechancis Corporation
Underwood Donald W.
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