Patent ID: 6530615
Filing Date: 2003-03-11
Classification: B25B,B25J,Y10S

Abstract:
A gripper assembly comprising:a fluid-pressure driven actuator; a base plate member attached to said actuator; a pair of side plate members removeably connected to said base plate member, and defining a space therebetween, each of said side plate members having an elongated groove therein; a piston member actuated by said actuator and extending into said space; a pair of non-axially aligned cam pin members attached to said piston member, each of said cam pin members having a distal end; said distal ends of said cam pin members positioned in said elongated grooves in said side plate members; and a pair of opposable jaw members positioned in said space and operably attached to said cam pin members; each of the Jaw members having an elongated slot therein and wherein one of said cam pin members is positioned in one of said slots.