Gripping device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8899646
SERIAL NO

14193678

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A gripper formed as a single component includes a hoop portion connecting facing arms. Each arm may have a tang end, a jaw end and a pivot intermediate the tang and jaw ends and be attached to the hoop portion at the pivot to be pivotable to change the size of a jaw opening defined by the jaw ends. The hoop portion is cyclically loaded in use and configured to act as a stress concentrator for the gripper and provide a failure point for consistently initiating a failure crack in the hoop portion at time of failure of the gripper. Each of the facing arms is attachable to a base such that at failure, the fractured portions of the gripper are retained to the base.

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MORRISON CONTAINER HANDLING SOLUTIONS INC335 W 194TH ST GLENWOOD IL 60425

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Burk, Mark Highland, US 26 320
Kuipers, Lee Lansing, US 3 22
Wilson, Nick Chicago, US 23 77

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