US PATENT SUBCLASS 198 / 377.03
.~.~.~.~ Holder having load gripping element


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198 /   HD   CONVEYORS: POWER-DRIVEN

373  DF  CONVEYOR FOR CHANGING ATTITUDE OF ITEM RELATIVE TO CONVEYED DIRECTION {12}
375  DF  .~ By actuating item-holder relative to holder-carrying conveyor {2}
377.01  DF  .~.~ Holder carried by orbiting conveyor {4}
377.02  DF  .~.~.~ Holder rotates item about axis spaced from the item {2}
377.03.~.~.~.~ Holder having load gripping element {2}
377.04  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Holder having vacuum or air blast element
377.05  DF  .~.~.~.~.~> Holder having magnetic or electrostatic element


DEFINITION

Classification: 198/377.03

Holder having load gripping element:

(under subclass 377.02) Subject matter wherein the holder includes either (1) a device which holds or attracts the article by friction or by use of a force field, or by fluid current or (2) a device which attracts the article by the force field or fluid pressure difference on the conveyor.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

470.1+, for a conveyor system including a rotating or endless carrier having a load gripping element.

803.3, for grippers mounted on a single rotary or endless conveyor.