US 12,269,157 B2
Container gripper
Brian J. Chisholm, Sylvania, OH (US)
Assigned to Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed by Owens-Brockway Glass Container Inc., Perrysburg, OH (US)
Filed on Aug. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/398,124.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/065,740, filed on Aug. 14, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0048201 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B25J 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC B25J 15/0028 (2013.01) [B25J 15/0023 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A container gripper, comprising:
a housing; and
a petal assembly configured to be carried in the housing, and including
a petal holder configured to be translatably carried within the housing,
a plurality of circumferentially-spaced articulating petals having upper ends pivotably coupled to the petal holder and lower ends configured to be guided by the housing,
a travel brace configured to limit the translation of the petal holder, and
a return spring configured to be held between the travel brace and the petal holder.