| CPC G03F 1/64 (2013.01) [B65G 47/92 (2013.01); G03B 27/52 (2013.01); G03B 27/58 (2013.01); G03F 1/66 (2013.01)] | 20 Claims |

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1. An apparatus to grip an object, the apparatus comprising:
a first gripping member comprising a first magnetic element and moveable between a first position of the first gripping member and a second position of the first gripping member;
a first biasing member configured to bias the first gripping member toward the first position of the first gripping member; and
a second magnetic element selectively operable in a first mode, in which the second magnetic element interacts with the first magnetic element to overcome the first biasing member and move the first gripping member to the second position of the first gripping member, and a second mode, in which the second magnetic element does not overcome the first biasing member such that the first gripping member rests in the first position of the first gripping member,
wherein the second position corresponds to a gripping condition,
wherein the first gripping member pivots in movement between the first and second positions, and
wherein an imaginary line or arc of the movement passes both through a surface of the first gripping member arranged to contact the object and through the first magnetic element, the second magnetic element, or both the first and second magnetic elements.
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