Gripper for retaining containers such as PET bottles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8556317
APP PUB NO 20120086229A1
SERIAL NO

13377921

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A gripper for retaining containers includes gripper arms extending from corresponding rotation axes. Each gripper arm ends in a free claw and has a pair of permanent magnets. Adjacent poles of adjacent magnets have opposite polarities. The gripper also has a carrier plate for the gripper arms. This carrier plate has two pairs of permanent magnets oriented parallel to the rotation axes.

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KHS GMBHJUCHOSTR 20 DORTMUND 44143

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Bodtländer, Renate Guldental, DE 3 37
Moser, Anke Merxheim, DE 1 8

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