Patent ID: 7850218

Claim:
A handling clamp, designed to grasp a stemfixed to a load and equipped with at least one attachment means, comprising: at least one mobile gripping element, with an open position capable of forming an opening, in which the stem can be inserted, and a closed position capable of retaining the stem, an actuating system to move said at least one gripping element between the open and closed positions, wherein said actuating system comprises two connecting rods and an actuator, and further wherein the actuator and the connecting rods are connected by a common actuating axis fixed to the actuating rod of the actuator, at least one attachment means capable of cooperating with the one or more corresponding attachment means of the stem so as to limit the axial movements of the stem in the clamp between a lower position and an upper position when said at least one gripping element is in the closed position, at least one locking system comprising at least one locking element fixed to the at least one gripping element, said locking system being capable of locking said at least one gripping element in the closed position when it is locked, and capable of being locked when the stem is in the lower position and unlocked when the stem is in the upper position.