Patent ID: 9718175
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: B25B,H01F

Claim:
1. A device for manipulating a magnetic object with at least a portion thereof having a substantially prismatic shape with side surfaces and an end surface, the device comprising: a head assembly having a magnetic field, said head assembly including said body serving to support said magnetic pole piece, said magnetic pole piece configured to contact no more than one side surface of the magnetic object, said magnetic pole piece constructed and arranged to concentrate and shape said magnetic field into said no more than one side surface of the magnetic object, said face contact surface constructed and arranged to contact and further concentrate and shape said magnetic field into the end surface of the magnetic object, said face contact surface being in a spaced non-coplanar relationship to said magnetic pole piece, and said head assembly further configured to be spatially open opposite from said magnetic pole piece so as to receive and contact the magnetic object; whereby, when the substantially prismatic shape of the magnetic object is placed in proximity to said head assembly, said magnetic field draws said no more than one side surface of the magnetic object into contact with said magnetic pole piece, and the end surface of the magnetic object into contact with said face contact surface, the device thereby securing the magnetic object and allowing for its manipulation.