Patent ID: 11859752
Assignee: SAFE ISOLATIONS LLC
Field: Mechanical elements (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F | IPC F

Claim 5:
6. A method comprising:
providing a gripper assembly, the gripper assembly including:
an actuator plate, the actuator plate including at least two actuator wedges;
a bowl, the bowl including at least two bowl wedges;
at least two circumferential wedge sets, each circumferential wedge set positioned between the actuator plate and the bowl, each circumferential wedge set including a first circumferential wedge and a second circumferential wedge, each circumferential wedge set positioned between the actuator plate and the bowl such that an actuator wedge and a bowl wedge engage between the first and second circumferential wedges; and
a gripper unit, the gripper unit including a gripper body, the gripper body positioned between the actuator plate and the bowl, the gripper body positioned between and abutting a first circumferential wedge of a first circumferential wedge set and a second circumferential wedge of a second circumferential wedge set;

moving the actuator plate towards the bowl;
moving the first circumferential wedge of the first circumferential wedge set and the second circumferential wedge of the second circumferential wedge set substantially circumferentially toward the gripper body; and
moving the gripper body radially outward.