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4621853 Universal gripper apparatus for robotic device  
A gripper apparatus is provided for use with a robotic device. The apparatus includes a plurality of master jaws pivotally mounted to a housing and radially aligned with respect to one another....
4621854 Device for changing tools in industrial robots  
A device for changing tools, pick-ups, welding torches, and other implements that can be handled by industrial robots. It consists of an upper and lower part. In order to obtain optimal cost...
4616971 Robotic hand and method for manipulating printed circuit boards  
Three sets of pincer units depend from a flat palm, each pincer unit having a pinching gap at its distal end for engaging a loaded circuit board by its edges and holding it in a spaced-apart...
4615374 Foundry plant and a manoeuvering apparatus for use in it  
A manoeuvering system for a foundry plant for the automatic manoeuvering of heavy implements includes two carrier pins located on the same side of each implement. A carriage is movably mounted to a...
4611846 Gripper head  
A gripper head for attachment to the Z axis shaft of a robot or a pick and place machine to pick up objects and position them on a workpiece, comprises a body from which projects a pair of gripping...
4609326 Gripping arrangement  
A gripping arrangement, particularly for manipulators, tool exchange devi and the like, has a housing, a guide provided in the housing, and two gripping fingers having gripping ends and moveable...
4609081 Hydraulic snubber  
A hydraulic snubber suitable for a skidding grapple or the like in which a twisted figure eight housing is provided to oppose free swinging in two mutually perpendicular horizontal directions, each...
4607873 Gripper apparatus  
Gripping apparatus includes a supporting body having a pair of spaced generally parallel jaws independently mounted thereon for movement toward and away from each other. An actuating device is...
4603896 Method and gripping head for gripping a layer of containers arranged on a plane  
The invention provides a process for gripping a layer of standing containers (23) such as bottles, and a head for gripping a whole layer of such containers. The process is characterized in that the...
4600350 Method and apparatus for handling container chassis  
A container chassis handling attachment for a lift truck having a lift carriage includes a frame for attachment to the lift carriage. It also includes a pair of upper and lower laterally-spaced...
4596415 Quick disconnect device for actuating unit and gripper head  
In combination with an actuating unit including a cylinder, a head and a reciprocal piston rod and a gripper head having a body terminating in a mount flange, a pivotal gripper assembly and a...
4595225 Method and apparatus for lifting ingot molds and like objects  
A novel tong which may be activated or deactivated electromagnetically is used to advantageously reposition ingot molds or the like. Chain-like positioning means are used to position the tong....
4595333 Hand apparatus of a robot  
A hand apparatus of a robot which is less likely to be damaged and can offer a reliable and effective gripping of a workpiece. The hand apparatus comprises a main frame which is mounted to a wrist...
4593948 Gripper assembly  
A gripper assembly for use on robotic type devices for performing repetitive operations on machine parts that require pick-up and/or transport of such parts. The gripper assembly comprises a...
4594041 Truck bed bale lift  
A truck bed bale lift is provided for lifting large round bales of hay onto a flat bed truck. The bale lift assembly includes a pair of hugger arms which grip the hay bale to be manipulated and a...
4592581 Enveloping gripper  
A remotely controllable gripper for picking up and setting down objects of various shapes and sizes, comprising a plurality of gripper arms which can be drawn together to enfold the object, by a...
4592692 Pallet loading apparatus  
A pallet loading apparatus wherein an article is held by a holding device that can move freely vertically and horizontally at the article line-up position. The article is then moved and lowered...
4591199 Device for gripping workpieces  
A device for moving gripping jaws into engagement with a workpiece comprising two coaxial fluid cylinders for moving the jaws. A piston fixedly connected with a gripping jaw moves in each of the...
4585260 Device for gripping articles for robot-type manipulator  
The device is comprised of a part (10) susceptible of being joined to the end of the manipulator arm and which is provided with a first generally flared orifice (20) intended to receive a part...
4585369 Mechanical connection means  
This connection means comprises a male connector (1) with a circular groove (5) and a female connector comprising a body (2), a cap (3) and a sleeve (4). The cap (3) hangs from the bottom end of...
4579060 Tie exchanger with compound clamping head  
Railroad right-of-way maintenance equipment and method for removing old ties from beneath railroad rails and replacing them with new ties, characterized by a compound clamping head. The compound...
4576407 Robot hand for lifting apertured panel  
A robot hand for lifting an apertured panel includes a pair of tong fingers pivotally mounted upon a housing having a locating face. The tong fingers have opposed facing knuckles including a...
4576406 Rotational grapple  
The invention relates to an apparatus for rotating a suspended material handling unit comprising an elongated housing to suspend the upper end of the housing from a pivotable support, and a rotor...
4573862 Workpiece transfer device  
A workpiece transfer device has a carrier which travels on rails between a pick-up station and a delivery station. A pair of parallel tracks extends between the two stations. A workpiece gripper...
4573858 Clamping attachment for a lift truck having two pivoting arms  
A clamping attachment with a hydraulically actuated pivoting long arm and a pivoting short arm. The hydraulic actuators are connected in parallel where both arms move simultaneously inwardly until...
4572564 Adaptive gripping device  
A versatile robotic gripper is easily and quickly adjusted to grip objects of different geometrical shapes without changing parts and under complete machine control. Opposing jaws have a matrix of...
4570431 Device for gripping and holding a tube  
A gripper device for retaining and holding the tube of a roving bobbin comprises a pair of juxtaposed gripper elements and a piston-and-cylinder unit for moving them toward and away from one...
4569549 Robot hand for industrial robots  
A robot hand adapted to be secured to the extremity of a robot arm or a robot wrist of an industrial robot has a finger operating unit provided with a fluid pressure operated piston reciprocating...
4565400 Double hand for an industrial robot  
A double hand for an industrial robot comprises a hand body, two sets of work clamping units and two sets of actuators to drive the work clamping units, respectively, for opening and closing...
4557660 Robot hand  
A robot hand provided with fingers driven by a double acting cylinder and supplied working liquid pressure through two, 2-position, 5-port-type, single solenoid, electromagnetic valves, wherein:...
4556359 Load carrying clamp attachment for a lift truck  
A clamp attachment for use on a lift truck having a plurality of slides movable in vertically spaced parallel guides with first and second load clamps connected to the slides and actuated by first...
4555215 Spool transporting device  
A spool transporting assembly for the sequential transfer of textile spools wound on tubes, includes a spool preparation station having a support surface for textile spools, a spool receiving...
4553778 Implement snubbing device  
An implement snubbing device positionable between a boom and an implement including a compressible member positioned generally between, and having a longitudinal axis extending generally between,...
4551051 Apparatus for charging a rotary kiln with pneumatic tires  
A rotary kiln is charged with pneumatic tires by a lock chamber which carries two gates adapted to be opened in alternation. To ensure a desirable charging operation, the lock chamber provides a...
4549760 Device for gripping and hoisting packed sacks  
A device for gripping and hoisting packed sacks includes a contrivance for mounting the device onto a hoisting machine, load bearing members rigidly coupled to the contrivance for mounting the...
4544521 Actuating device for two clusters of control rods movable vertically in one and the same fuel array of the core of a nuclear reactor  
The invention relates to an actuating device for two clusters of control rods movable vertically in one and the same fuel array of the core of a nuclear reactor. The first cluster, used for running...
4542929 Articulating clam type grapple for a backhoe  
Articulating clam-type grapple for a backhoe which includes a mounting head member for connecting to the backhoe dipper stick and tool cylinder. A grapple mounting assembly is pivotally attached to...
RE31991 Single guide rod actuating unit  
The actuating unit mounts a workpiece gripping and transporting jaw assembly and has an elongated hanger rod supporting a first mount boss. A pneumatic cylinder is arranged below the rod and...
4540212 Industrial robot hand  
An industrial robot hand having swing fingers (18a and 18b) for gripping a work pivotally mounted on a hand base member (10) which is attached to the free end of a wrist unit, said swing fingers...
4540211 Jaw assembly  
A jaw assembly for use with a work arm to move workpieces from one station to another is disclosed. The jaw assembly is operable to grip and release workpieces and comprises jaw elements arranged...
4537557 Remote center compliance gripper system  
A remote center compliance (RCC) gripper system including: an erectable RCC device including a compliance unit having a plurality of compliance members; an articulated gripper mechanism...
4530636 Device for operating a hand of an industrial robot  
A device for operating a hand of an industrial robot is so constructed that fluid pressure cylinders (43, 44) are provided as a driving mechanism of the hand (4) of the industrial robot, branch...
4529182 Wide opening gripping jaw assembly  
A fluid driven piston and cylinder includes a pair of wide opening jaws for gripping relatively thick workpieces. The jaws are mounted on a head which is linearly displaceable by a piston rod...
4529239 Grapple attachment for log loader  
A grapple attachment for log loader of a type in which a main frame comprises a pair of tines integrally joined to and extended forwardly from both lateral ends at the bottom thereof and a pair of...
4526413 Remote controlled self-powered excavator apparatus  
A self-contained system eliminates need for hydraulic or other lines from a crane to a grapple or clamshell bucket on the end of the crane hoist line. A wireless (radio or sonic) portable...
4521963 Hydraulic cable and rod cutting and crimping device  
A novel hydraulic tool used to cut cables, rods, bars and the like or crimp various items such as cable connectors and which is operated manually and with ease by a single man. The improved cable...
4518187 Parallel movement gripper head  
A workpiece gripper head comprises a body including side plates interiorly slotted on a longitudinal axis adapted to slidably support a selectively reciprocal rod end. A pair of opposed jaw...
4518309 High speed pipe handling apparatus  
High speed pipe handling apparatus is disclosed. A pipe gripping system includes fluid pressure piston-and-cylinder propulsion systems to manipulate pipe gripping slip members, and includes a...
4509783 Smart hand  
A gripper device having a body formed with a piston chamber in which a piston is reciprocally mounted. Connected to the body are a pair of spaced fingers. A cross bar is connected to the piston and...
4507045 Robotic manipulator including actuating unit  
A pair of actuatable gripping jaws are secured to a mounting head which is slidably mounted on a support by a pair of guides. The mounting head is of unitary construction and includes a fluid...