Helical pin gripper
AssigneeLamus Enterprises Inc.
InventorJoe Augustine S.T. Lam
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a helical pin gripper where a helical pin gripping element is mount at one end of a rotor that is rotated and moved axially to cause a sharpened end of the helical penetrating pin(s) forming part of the gripping element to penetrate an article and move a length of the helical penetrating pin into the article and thereby grip the article.
Claims8
A helical pin gripper comprising, a rotor mounted for rotation about a rotational axis, an actuator, a connector connecting said actuator to said rotor for rotating said rotor about said rotational axis while permitting axial movement of said rotor along said rotational axis, a housing surrounding said rotor and cooperating with said rotor, said housing being internally threaded and said rotor having threads on its periphery that mate with said internal threads to cause said rotor to move axial along said rotational axis when said rotator is rotated, a helical pin gripping element mounted on a free end of said rotor with its helical axis aligned with said rotational axis said helical pin gripping element is comprised of at least one helical penetrating pin with a sharpened end remote from said rotor.
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