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7614843 Freely rotatable closed grapple head and machine using same  
A machine includes a chassis and a boom assembly. The boom assembly is movable relative to the chassis. The machine further includes a grapple assembly suspended from the boom assembly. The grapple...
7597184 Chain adjusting device for engine carriers  
An apparatus and method for the improved hanging transportation of an article having an uneven weight distribution that permits the article to hang in a balanced manner. The apparatus is attached...
7422411 Gripping mechanisms, apparatus and methods  
The present invention provides grasping mechanisms, gripper apparatus/systems, and related methods. Grasping mechanisms that include stops, support surfaces, and height adjusting surfaces to...
7380850 Holding structure for holding an object  
A holding structure, such as a manipulator, includes a plurality fingers. At least one of the fingers is movable such that an object can be held or released by a closing or opening motion of the...
7320489 Golf disc retriever and method  
The present invention relates to a golf disc retriever attached to an elongating handle having a substantially U-shaped rigid frame with space between adjacent upper and lower legs of the U-shaped...
7318612 Gravity actuated retrieval device  
Gravity-actuated device for retrieving various types of objects from various ground surfaces. The device has a single retrieval arm pivotably mounted on a slender frame. Gripping elements on the...
7316392 Method of conveying flat, flexible products and apparatus for implementing the method  
The invention relates to a method of conveying flat, flexible products, in particular printed products, and to an apparatus for implementing the method. According to the invention, the products are...
7300082 Active edge gripping and effector  
The present invention generally relates to an end effector that utilizes a gripping mechanism to grip a peripheral edge of the wafer and secure the wafer to the end effector. In one embodiment, the...
7275777 Tool for lifting elongated objects—pivotable grapple  
A tool is provided for minimizing operator bending while lifting an elongated circular object, such as pipe. With one hand, the operator manipulates a slidable pin while grasping the tool handle....
7269892 Electric part handling device  
A tweezer-type hand-held device for installing and removing an electric part on and from a substrate. The device is provided with a pair of legs biased to close such that the part is held between...
7255667 Carrier for tool holders  
A carrier for tool holders of a machine tool has at least one movable jaw which can be pivoted about a pivot axis that runs transversely with respect to a longitudinal axis of said tool holders....
7255381 Hook and method for separating wire harness using the same  
A hook comprises a pair of hook bodies, a pair of hook portions, a movable pressing portion, an operating portion and a link unit. The hook bodies are formed of two plates disposed apart from each...
7243419 Spark plug boot removal tool  
The present invention involves a spark plug boot removal tool having a handle portion, an extension portion, and a grasping portion. The handle portion includes a spring-loaded trigger. The...
7240934 Single hand operated adjustable carrying device and method of use thereof  
An adjustable carrying device ( 12 ) includes a pair of gripping members ( 14, 16 ) in a slip joint pivot connection having a handle assembly ( 36 ) and gripping plates ( 20 a , 20 b ) for grasping...
7222729 Conveyor belt clamping device and method  
A clamping device or anchor, at least two of which are used to clamp onto separated sections of a conveyor belt, which sections lie to each side of a repair site in the belt, whereby the belt...
7188879 Slide gripper assembly  
A slide gripper assembly is provided having a slide assembly coupled to a gripper assembly. The slide assembly extends and retracts the gripper assembly. A bracket assembly is coupled to the slide...
7140655 Precision soft-touch gripping mechanism for flat objects  
A precision soft-touch gripping mechanism has a mounting plate attached to a robot arm. The plate supports a stepper motor. The output shaft of the stepper motor is connected through a spring to an...
7131676 Logging device for performing multiple logging functions  
A multi-function logging machine is disclosed. The machine uses several simple components in various configurations to perform the functions of lifting, rolling, winching and holding a log, which...
7121781 Surgical instrument with a universal wrist  
A robotically controlled endoscopic medical instrument that includes an end effector coupled to a wrist. The wrist provides two separate degrees of freedom about the same pivot point. The end...
7100953 Grip and flip barbeque utensil  
Grip and flip barbeque utensil with a handle housing, a pair of concentrically arranged elongated tubes, a spatula member, a food gripping member, a pivot shaft, a food gripping tip, a yoke...
7077443 Sanitary pick-up device  
The pick-up device provides an elongated hollow cylindrical body including a handle at one end and a bail arrangement at the other end. The handle includes a trigger mechanism extending through the...
7021687 Clamp assembly  
An actuated workpiece clamp is provided. The clamp of this disclosure illustratively has an actuator, a linkage, a cam member, a cam pin, and at least one jaw member.
7021617 Clamp actuator system and method of use  
A substrate compiling system includes an actuator, cable and tamper device. The tamper device includes a clamp assembly. The clamp assembly is retracted and extended. The clamp assembly can be used...
6964442 Log rocker  
A log rocker has a long lever arm with a back cylinder fulcrum at its bottom end. Also attached to the bottom end of the lever arm is a semi-circular, curved, pair of prongs and an upper,...
6959953 Gripping device for taking hold of receptacles  
The gripping device for taking hold of receptacles comprises tongs having a first jaw fixed to a rotary platform and a second jaw mounted to pivot relative to the first jaw and provided with a...
6942266 Rim flange clamp  
A device that clamps to the flange ring of a tire. The clamp has a rear section that can be used to attach a lifting chain or other implement to facilitate the removal and lifting of these flanges....
6905046 Vial gripping mechanism for automatic medicament dispensing machine  
A vial gripping mechanism ( 10 ) includes a pivotally mounted swing arm ( 26 ). A sensor receiving array ( 44 ) is mounted to a sensor end ( 34 ) on an inward edge ( 46 ) of the arm ( 26 ). A...
6874834 Linear slide gripper  
A linear slide gripper assembly is provided having a linear slide assembly coupled to a gripper assembly. The linear slide assembly has extension and retraction ports in fluid communication with a...
6820907 Multi-unit concrete block tongs  
A concrete block tong assembly which is designed to lift and transport a plurality of concrete blocks. The assembly is provided with three top support members pivotally connected at one end thereof...
6820906 Hand tool for installing tie-down strap corner protector  
A hand tool for lifting and positioning a corner protector under the cargo tie-down strap on a flatbed trailer or other cargo transportation vehicle. This tool will enable the corner protector to...
6776648 Electrical plug installer and remover  
An electric plug remover and installer with a long adjustable lever arm that has adjustable pivot arms for bearing against a wall or piece of furniture hiding an electric wall outlet and a bottom...
6736581 Book clamp  
A book clamp for a book binding machine has a first clamp member and a second clamp member. The second clamp member is adapted to the first clamp member and the second clamp member comprises a...
6729832 Apparatus to effectuate retrieval, transport and positioning of configurated pipe-like structures  
In combination with a vehicle, a gripping apparatus comprising connected top, bottom, left, right, and intermediate support members; a brace support wall; a pivot bar positioned horizontally across...
6722843 Material handling apparatus  
A material handling apparatus includes a frame attachable to a front-end loader vehicle. A tine is attached to the frame, and a top clamp arm is pivoted to the frame and extends over the tine. The...
6705608 Sheet material conveying apparatus with adjustable top grippers for pockets  
A sheet material conveying apparatus has at least one pocket running along a track, the pocket including a base section for receiving sheet material and an upper section including at least one...
6692050 Receptacle-gripping clamp  
The invention relates to a gripping clamp for receptacles, each comprising a body and a neck having a projecting collar presenting a substantially radial bearing face beside the body, the clamp...
6685246 Devices for remote manipulation of items  
A device for the remote manipulation of items comprising a support staff having a fore end and an aft end and including a handle at the aft end, a handle fulcrum proximate the aft end, a clamp...
6682113 Wafer clamping mechanism  
The wafer clamping apparatus is disclosed including a cam rotatably coupled to a base plate. The cam is configured to couple with a robot arm. The clamping apparatus also includes a rotating clamp...
6679534 Device for inserting and removing lighting tubes  
A device including adjustably opposing jaws for grasping a lighting tube for insertion into or removal from a lighting fixture. The device includes a handle having a head bracket attached to or...
6676125 Actuator-gripper control  
A pre-gripper driving device for a pre-gripper cyclically driven oscillatingly and serving for transporting individual sheets in a sheet-processing machine, includes sheet grippers disposed at a...
6669254 Manual pick-up device  
A manual pick-up device includes a housing having a handle at one end, a fixed upper jaw at an opposite end, and a longitudinally extending shank extending therebetween. A movable jaw member is...
6666489 Sealed gripper apparatus  
A gripper includes a body, an actuator movably supported by the body and a first hub rotatably supported by the body where the first hub rotates about a transverse axis. The gripper also includes a...
6612803 Positioning cradle for mine roof supports  
A cradle for placing a support in a mine. The cradle includes a housing for holding the mine support. The cradle includes an arm mechanism rotatably attached to the housing which has an open...
6609742 Lifting apparatus for manipulating manhole castings and the like  
A lifting apparatus for manipulating manhole castings and the like having at least one pinch clamp with an inner leg and an outer leg opposing one another wherein the inner leg and the outer leg...
6601892 Gravity grip  
A machine for lifting and moving heavy slabs includes two channels connected only by a cable. The channels are placed against opposite edges of a slab. Each channel has a lower flange which is...
6601891 Grapple attachment  
A grapple attachment is presented for use with motorized vehicles. The grapple attachment is comprised of upper and lower jaws having a plurality of elongated, substantially angular tines that are...
6592324 Gripper mechanism  
A gripper apparatus for grasping an object such as a specimen holder. The gripper apparatus comprises two arms. In one embodiment the arms are pivotable, and in a second embodiment, each arm...
6561558 Turning device  
The invention relates to a device for performing turning of objects, in particular elongate objects which are round in cross-section, such as tree trunks ( 12 ). This is made possible by the device...
6547297 Gripper assembly for a matched velocity transfer device  
A gripper assembly for a deceleration/acceleration drum is described which includes a pivot arm with a gripper seat and a gripper bar with a gripper and a pin assembly. The assembly further...
6543824 Fire-fighting tool  
A fire-fighting tool that is useful for penetrating building structures includes a shaft, a building penetration implement on a distal end of the shaft. The penetration implement includes a first...