Patent ID: 6431536
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B23B,B25B

Abstract:
A gripper comprising:a body with a top part having a first wing and a second wing, said first wing being interrurpted at an intermediate location and defining a first wing segment and a second wing segment, said first wing segment and said second wing delimiting a channel therebetween; a first jaw movable linearly in said channel and controlled by an actuator for pressing and releasing a piece and a second jaw, a first slot provided on one side of said first jaw and on said first wing segment adjacent to said first jaw and a second slot provided on one side of said second jaw; a first cylindrical guiding bolt arranged in said first slot, said first jaw being supported and guided in said channel with the interposition of said first cylindrical guiding bolt, a second cylindrical guiding bolt arranged in said second slot, said second jaw being supported and guided with said second cylindrical guiding bolt, said first wing segment having an elasticized flexible part; an adjusting screw engaging said elasticized flexible part of said first wing segment for adjusting the tightening coupling clearances between said first bolt and said first jaw independently of the second bolt with the second jaw.