Patent ID: 8485577

Claim:
A gripper for gripping and for lifting vertical material web rolls, the gripper comprising: a body having a central axis; a plurality of guides attached to the body; a power unit slidably attached to each of the guides; a screw rotatably attached to each of the power units; a nut attached to each of the screws; a plurality of scissor levers attached to each of the nuts; and a plurality of contact members attached to the scissor levers, wherein the power units are configured to rotate the screws to move the nuts up or down such that when the nuts move up then the scissors are configured to open up which in turn forces the power units to slide along the guides inwardly towards the central axis and in turn forces the screws and the contact members to move inwardly towards the central axis, and wherein when the nuts move down then the scissors are configured to close which in turn forces the power units along the guides outwardly away from the central axis and in turn forces the screws and the contact members to move outwardly away from the central axis.