Material or article handling – Load carried along a horizontal linear path – Having gripper means
Patent
1980-09-17
1982-08-10
Reeves, Robert B.
Material or article handling
Load carried along a horizontal linear path
Having gripper means
294 88, 294106, 414226, B65G 3700
Patent
active
043435904
ABSTRACT:
A loader for a machine tool comprising horizontal track means, shuttle means mounted on the track means for relative horizontal displacement, support means including rigidly secured top, front and back walls, the front and back walls each including a pair of horizontally spaced bores, a pair of shafts selectively sized for insertion into the bores, and means for releasably securing the shafts to the front and back walls to define the bottom wall of the support means, gripper assembly means including first and second gear means each having a central bore for matingly receiving one of the shafts, first and second gripper arm means each having a bore for matingly receiving one of the shafts, means for rigidly securing the first and second gear means to the first and second gripper arm means, respectively, hydraulic cylinder means having a housing including coaxial boss means extending outwardly from the front and back walls thereof and having a selectively advanceable rod means, the first gripper arm means further including a slot at one end, means for pivotally connecting the end of the rod means to the slotted end of the first arm, the second gripper arm means including, first and second portions defining a slotted end, each including a bore for receiving one of the bosses and, means for releasably securing the first portion of the second portion, and means for mounting the support means on the shuttle means for relative vertical displacement.
REFERENCES:
patent: 1933225 (1933-10-01), Smith
patent: 3147993 (1964-09-01), Broderson et al.
patent: 3258136 (1966-06-01), Rockstrom et al.
Litton Industrial Products Inc.
Reeves Robert B.
Smith Spencer T.
Watts Douglas D.
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