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Device for mechanically gripping and loading cylindrical objects

  • US 6,371,717 B1
  • Filed: 05/11/2000
  • Issued: 04/16/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2000
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for gripping, transporting and loading a container having side walls and a neck, the apparatus comprising:

  • a pair of parallel rails spaced at a predetermined distance from one another;

    a plurality of gripper mechanisms, each gripper mechanism being affixed to one of said parallel rails;

    a plurality of support pins, each pin being attached to one of said rails; and

    each gripper mechanism having a plurality of fingers, and each said finger being capable of moving from an open position to a clamped position.

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