Patent ID: 8499811
Filing Date: 2013-08-06
Classification: B23K,B29C,B65B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A support device for first and second counter-rotating elements rotatable around first and second respective rotation axes, the device comprising: a first support block for supporting said first counter-rotating element and a second support block for supporting said second counter-rotating element, at least one connecting plate extending bridge-like between said first and second support blocks, said at least one plate being flexible and being configured such that a distance between said rotation axes of said counter-rotating elements is variable depending on an amount of flexion of said at least one plate, said first and second support blocks being connected by said at least one connecting plate in an elastically re-closable jaw-like configuration, and an actuator configured to act on said first and second support blocks to vary the distance between said rotation axes by flexing said at least one plate.