Patent ID: 8459709

Claim:
A gripper mechanism for machines, robots and handling equipment, said gripper mechanism comprising: a gripper casing; at least one movable gripping finger; at least two connecting bars directly or indirectly attachable to said gripping finger and adapted to guide and nonlinearly swing said gripping finger away, such that the gripping finger moves in a circumferential direction relative to the gripper casing, out of an operating front position, said connecting bars each having a drive shaft supported by the gripper casing; and a driven member attachable to at least one of said drive shafts, said driven member being adapted to cause rotary motion to said at least one drive shaft; wherein the gripping finger is guided by way of the two connecting bars as a coupler of a multi-member articulated linkage system comprising the gripping finger and the connecting bars, the gripping finger having no direct bearing at the gripper casing.