Patent ID: 9732568
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: B25B,E21B

Claim:
1. A gripping device for a drill string component handling device in a rock drill rig, the gripping device comprising: gripper elements for engagement with a drill string component having an axial direction, wherein the gripper elements are supported by and protrude from one side of a body, wherein the gripper elements form at least one gripper element pair, wherein at least one gripper element in the at least one gripper element pair is pivotally movable around a pivot joint between a closed position, comprising a gripping position, and an open position, wherein the at least one movable gripper element is pivotal in a respective gripper plane forming a right angle to said axial direction, and wherein the at least one movable gripper element comprises an actuation portion, which co-operates with a wedge device being movable in directions parallel to said axial direction for pivoting said at least one movable gripper element.