Patent ID: 8201866

Claim:
A gripper device for gripping items, objects or bodies to be handled or moved, the gripper device comprising: a supporting body with a geometric axis and having an axial bore ( 13 ), a proximal part and a distal part, said supporting body having, around said geometric axis, a plurality of housings parallel to each other, angularly separated and each of said housings having a radial cleft extending longitudinally, and in said housings being housed a same number of gripper modules, each one of said gripper modules including a flexible arch shaped prehensile element having an extrados or convexity in line with said radial cleft said gripper modules being simultaneously activated by an actuation means such that all the prehensile elements are movable between a relaxed rest condition, in which said extradoses are defilated in the respective clefts, and a compressed/contracted work condition, in which said extradoses protrude from said radial clefts to engage the item, object or body to be gripped, said actuation means comprising at least one spring to maintain the rest position and an actuator piston to set the work position of each prehensile element.