Patent ID: 7481330

Claim:
A removable gripping device for a container, comprising: two members forming a gripper mounted on a gripping body in which one of the members forming a gripper is mobile and free to move in translation with respect to the gripping along a direction approximately parallel to a longitudinal direction of the gripping body between an open position and a closed position in which the members forming the gripper are adapted to grip an edge of the container, said gripping body having an internal cavity with a wall, displacement means for displacing the members forming the gripper with respect to each other, said displacement means comprising a lever free to move in rotation with respect to the gripping body between an extended position and a retracted position in which the mobile member forming the gripper is in the closed position, and a transmission means extending between the lever and the mobile member forming the gripper adapted to displacing the mobile member forming the gripper in translation when the lever is pivoted, said displacement means being adapted to adjust a distance separating the two members forming the gripper in the closed position to a thickness of the gripped container when the lever is in the retracted position, and a locking pin installed on the displacement means, said locking pin having a head defining its uppermost portion and a base defining its lowermost portion, a first spring disposed underneath the base, and when said lever is in said retracted position and the two members forming the gripper are in the closed position adjusted to the thickness of the gripped container, said locking pin is positioned within said cavity so that said head is brought in contact with said wall by the mobile member forming a gripper that is urged by a second spring.