Patent ID: 7004523
Filing Date: 2006-02-28
Classification: B01L,B25J,B65G,G01N,Y10S

Abstract:
1. Gripping device for containers, said gripping device comprising a tubular body attached to one end of a movable supporting vertical shaft and gripping means associated with said tubular body, said gripping means comprise non-mechanical gripping members able to be connected with one end of a container by face-to-face soft contact, said gripping members comprise a permanent magnet axially movable inside the tubular body by a piston housed in a cylinder, the tubular body being made of a diamagnetic material, the permanent magnet being movable between a rest position in a housing receptacle and a work position inside a ferromagnetic iron device engageable by face-to-face soft contact with a ferromagnetic iron insert attached to said one end of the container.