Patent ID: 8353547

Claim:
Equipment for the simultaneous handling of several components or various parts, the equipment comprising: a plurality of gripping heads movable between a close position, in which the plurality of gripping heads are moved closer tightly, and at least one spaced position, in which said plurality of gripping heads are at a preset distance from each other; a first rod-shaped element to which said gripping heads are slidingly combined; a second rod-shaped element positioned on a plane parallel to the first rod-shaped element, said second rod-shaped element defining a longitudinal guide, movable between a first position in which said longitudinal guide is in a first preset distance from the first rod-shaped element which corresponds to said close position, and at least a second position in which said longitudinal guide is at a second distance, shorter than said first preset distance, from the first rod-shaped element, which corresponds to said at least one spaced position of said gripping heads; a plurality of rods hinged in a zigzag forming a broken line with a median fulcrum by means of which said broken line becomes integral with said second rod-shaped element, a first order of lateral fulcrums free to slide in said guide of said second rod-shaped element, to which each of said rods is constrained, and a second order of fulcrums, each of said second order of fulcrums carrying a gripping head; and a control means connected to said second movable rod-shaped element for moving said gripping heads through said broken line along the first rod-shaped element between said close position and said spaced position, said gripping heads being placed side by side and guided along the first rod-shaped element and the zigzag rods having said lateral fulcrums conducted along said longitudinal guide defined by the second rod-shaped element.