Gripping device for holding, centring and/or collet-clamping a micromechanical or horological component
AssigneeETA SA Manufacture Horlogere Suisse
InventorsPatric PHAM, Christophe DONZÉ
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Abstract
A gripping device (100) for holding, centring and/or clamping a micromechanical or horological component (200) in a chamber delimited by a collet including at least one movable jaw (2) and at least one stationary jaw (3), wherein some of the movable jaws (2) and/or stationary jaws (3) include a reference surface (20) to support a component (200) bearing frontally thereagainst, and this gripping device (100) includes both, on the one hand, stationary jaws (3) including the reference surface (20) to support the component (200) bearing thereagainst, and movable jaws (2) for centring and/or clamping the component (200).
Claims10
A gripping device for holding, centring and/or collet-clamping a micromechanical or horological component in a clamping chamber delimited by a collet comprising at least one movable jaw,
- wherein said at least one movable jaw or stationary jaw, or, when said collet comprises a plurality of jaws, at least some of said movable jaws and/or stationary jaws, comprises a reference surface arranged to support a said component directly bearing frontally thereagainst, or to support an intermediate retaining plate directly bearing frontally thereagainst, against which intermediate retaining plate a said component frontally bears, and
- wherein said gripping device is arranged for clamping with the reference bearing point, and comprises said stationary jaws comprising said reference surface, and arranged to support a said component bearing thereagainst, and said movable jaws arranged to centre and/or clamp a said component and/or a said intermediate retaining plate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.