Patent ID: 6290454
Filing Date: 2001-09-18
Classification: B65G,G06Q,Y10S

Abstract:
An apparatus for gripping parcels, comprising:an apparatus frame;a suction holding device attached to the underneath of said frame and positionable adjacent to an upper surface of a parcel by movement of said frame downwardly from above relative to said parcel;a scissors actuator attached relative to said apparatus frame; anda pair of side clamps connected by said scissors actuator mounted for movement with said suction holding device,said scissors actuator positioning said side clamps on opposite sides of said suction holding device, and being configured to move said side clamps synchronously toward or away from said suction holding device, and being operable to urge said side clamps inwardly against the sides of said parcel to grip said parcel while said parcel is being held by said suction holding device.