Patent ID: 6588815
Filing Date: 2003-07-08
Classification: B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly for use in handling a workpiece, comprising:a frame member; a jaw assembly, said jaw assembly comprising a stationary first generally planar jaw member and a stationary second generally planar jaw member disposed in fixed spaced-apart relationship to one another and defining at least in part a clamping space therebetween, said first jaw member and said second jaw member being rigidly mounted proximate to said frame member, at least one of said first jaw member and said second jaw member having at least one bore passageway formed therethrough opening into said clamping space, at least one of said first jaw member and said second jaw member engagable with the workpiece; at least one piston-cylinder assembly respectively comprising a cylinder element and a piston element associated therewith, said piston element being operatively displaceable within said respective bore passageway associated with said jaw assembly and extensible into said clamping space to enable selective engagement with the workpiece operatively disposed therein; and means for operatively actuating said at least one piston-cylinder assembly.