Patent ID: 6652016
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B66C

Abstract:
A self-locking forceps for raising a slab-shape product, said self-locking forceps having a pair of oppositely disposed steel jaws, one of which is fixed and the other movable, adapted to automatically grip and release the product therebetween, said self-locking forceps comprising:a) a fixed body (2) having a raising eye (6) and an opening (7) for gripping the self-locking forceps for movement; b) a fixed jaw (5) arranged on said fixed body; c) a movable carriage (4) oppositely disposed on said fixed body adjacent said fixed jaw and adapted to be guided on said fixed body angularly downwardly towards said fixed jaw by means of engagement of movable carriage (4) with a slot (13) formed in said fixed body; d) a movable jaw having a cam shaped profile (3) pivotally mounted on said movable carriage at a lower end thereof opposing said fixed jaw; e) a block (14) integral with said fixed body and having a planar surface adjacent said slot so as to support said movable carriage thereon, and f) a first peg (15) disposed adjacent said slot opposite from said block (14), so that said movable carriage is guided along said slot between said block (14) and first peg (15), whereby said movable jaw can be approached to said fixed jaw (5) so as to contact and grip there-between the product by manually displacing movable carriage (4) towards said fixed jaw (5).