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AssigneeVmi Holland B.V.
InventorsWillem Marinus VAN BEEK, Timen Anton VAN WERVEN, Robin NUSSELDER
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Disclosed is a gripper for gripping a spacer, preferably a spacer for storing a bead-apex, from a spacer stack having one or more of said spacers, wherein the gripper includes a gripper head extending in an axial direction along a central axis and a plurality of spacer lifting elements protruding from the gripper head for lifting the spacer, wherein the lifting elements are movable with respect to the gripper head for engaging the spacer, wherein the gripper further includes a confining member for confining at least a part of the spacer in the axial direction between said confining member and the lifting elements.
A gripper for retaining one or more spacers for storing a bead-apex from a spacer stack comprising one or more of said spacers, wherein the gripper comprises a gripper head extending in an axial direction parallel to a central axis and a plurality of spacer lifting elements supported by said gripper head for lifting the spacer, wherein the gripper further comprises a detector for detecting the presence or absence of a bead-apex on the spacer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.