Patent ID: 6302462
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: B25J,Y10S

Abstract:
A set of opposable angled gripper jaw tips which comprises:a first jaw tip;a base formed on the first jaw tip;a central axis disposed through the first jaw tip substantially perpendicular to the base;a gripping surface integral with the first jaw tip;the gripping surface is formed non-perpendicular to the central axis of the first jaw tip;a second jaw tip;a base formed on the second jaw tip;a central axis disposed through the second jaw tip substantially perpendicular to the base; anda gripping surface integral with the second jaw tip;the gripping surface is formed non-perpendicular to the central axis of the second jaw tip;the gripping surfaces of the first and second jaw tips are also complimentarily angled so that they become substantially coplanar when closed together.