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Manipulator gripper tool

CA 1261899 A · Owner: International Business Machines Corporation · Inventors: Deringer, Thomas J.

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Abstract From the Canadian patent

An end of arm tool attached to the fingers of a robot gripper, and having a first band and a pair of bands extending at right angles respectively from a first and second clamp attached to the respective fingers of the gripper, the first bands and the pair of bands being interleaved to provide a large common area defined between the bands when the fingers are brought together and centering and grasping an object disposed therein when the fingers are moved away from one another.

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  • Granted September 26, 1989. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended September 26, 2006.
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FiledMay 8, 1987
GrantedSeptember 26, 1989
Term endedSeptember 26, 2006
Patent numberCA 1261899 A
Classification (IPC)B25J15/00 +1 more

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1988199019921994199619982000200220042006Application filedMay 8, 1987Patent grantedSep 26, 1989Term endedSep 26, 2006

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