Patent ID: 11904536
Assignee: IMPOSSIBLE OBJECTS, INC.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  Y | IPC B

Claim 8:
9. A felted-material gripper system for gripping and releasing a plurality of fibrous sheets, wherein the felted gripper system comprises a plate having a surface on which felted material is mounted, wherein the felted material is dimensioned and configured to entangle one or more of the plurality of fibrous sheets and transport the one or more entangled fibrous sheets from a first position or location to a second position or location, including one or more spring-biased pins disposed in the plate, wherein the one or more spring biased pins disposed in the plate is adapted and configured to contact a gripped sheet from the plurality of fibrous sheets for releasing the sheet from the felted material upon placement of the sheet onto a surface; wherein end portions of the one or more spring-biased pins disposed in the plate are disposable between a rest position oriented substantially parallel with the surface of the plate and a detach position configured to release the gripped sheet from the plate.