Patent ID: 7422552

Claim:
A gripping system for equipment for handling flaps formed by laminates having at least one surface ply, the gripping system comprising: at least one pin stabilizer on a first side of an operating panel of the equipment, at least one passage through the pin stabilizer; a pin holder mounted on the first side of the operating panel for movement between an operating position and a non-operating position relative to the pin stabilizer, a pin member extends from the pin holder such that the pin member has a free end, the pin member aligned with the passage of the pin stabilizer, in the operating position the pin member extends through the passage such that the free end of the pin member is exposed beyond the pin stabilizer; a latch assembly on the panel for releasably retaining the pin holder in both the operating position and the non-operating position, the latch assembly comprising a projecting member biased into a latching position outward from the first side of the operating panel and a latch release exposed at a second, opposite side of the operating panel for moving the projecting member out of the latching position to permit movement of the pin holder.