Carton flap gripping system
First Claim
1. A gripping system for equipment for handling panels formed by laminates having at least one surface ply, said gripper system comprising a pin mounting block on an operating panel of said equipment, said block having a front face and a rear face, at least one passage through said bock, said passage having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to and spaced from an adjacent face of said operating panel of said equipment and extending from said front face to said rear face, a pin member, said pin member including a holding pin having a free end and a base end, said base end having an abutment element, a releasable latching means, said releasable latching means having a latch positioned to engage said abutment element when said pin member is in an operative positions with said free end projecting beyond said front face of said mounting block and a front face of said abutment element in contact with said rear face of the said mounting block, said releasable latching means being moveable to releasably hold said abutment element in contact with said block, a dome positioned relative to said mounting block so that when said pin member is in operative position with said free end adjacent to said dome said holding pin adjacent to said free end can cooperate with said dome to grip said surface ply there between.
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Abstract
A gripping system uses a pin mounting block mounted having at least one passage there for accommodating holding pins of a holding pin member that cooperate with a dome to hold a laminate ply there between, the improvement being a releasable latch positioned to engage the pin member and hold the pin member in an operative positions and being releasable to release the pin member. Various forms of pin members are used. In a preferred form a gripper is provided positioned adjacent to holding pins and moveable between a retracted position and an operative position wherein said gripper member grips said laminate.
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- 1. A gripping system for equipment for handling panels formed by laminates having at least one surface ply, said gripper system comprising a pin mounting block on an operating panel of said equipment, said block having a front face and a rear face, at least one passage through said bock, said passage having a longitudinal axis substantially parallel to and spaced from an adjacent face of said operating panel of said equipment and extending from said front face to said rear face, a pin member, said pin member including a holding pin having a free end and a base end, said base end having an abutment element, a releasable latching means, said releasable latching means having a latch positioned to engage said abutment element when said pin member is in an operative positions with said free end projecting beyond said front face of said mounting block and a front face of said abutment element in contact with said rear face of the said mounting block, said releasable latching means being moveable to releasably hold said abutment element in contact with said block, a dome positioned relative to said mounting block so that when said pin member is in operative position with said free end adjacent to said dome said holding pin adjacent to said free end can cooperate with said dome to grip said surface ply there between.
- 14. A gripping system for equipment for handling panels formed by laminates having at least one surface ply, said gripping system comprising a pin mounting block on an operating panel of said equipment, a pin member having a holding pin that terminates in a free end, a dome positioned relative to said mounting block so that when said pin member is in operative position with said free end adjacent to said dome said holding pin adjacent to said free end can cooperate with said dome to grip said surface ply there between, gripper means positioned adjacent to said holding pin when said pin member is in said operative position, said gripper means having a gripping element, and means for moving said gripping element between a gripping position impairing relative movement between said surface ply and said pin member and a release position.
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