Gripping device capable to grip a vial or other containers without using mechanical fingers or other mechanical gripping devices
View Patent ↗It is described a gripping device for vials or similar containers, comprising a tubular body attached to one end of a movable supporting vertical shaft and gripping means associated to said tubular body. Said gripping means comprise non-mechanical gripping members, able to be connected with one end of a vial or container by face-to-face soft contact.
1. Gripping device for containers, said gripping device comprising
a tubular body attached to one end of a movable supporting vertical shaft and gripping means associated with said tubular body, said gripping means comprise non-mechanical gripping members able to be connected with one end of a container by face-to-face soft contact, said gripping members comprise a permanent magnet axially movable inside the tubular body by a piston housed in a cylinder, the tubular body being made of a diamagnetic material, the permanent magnet being movable between a rest position in a housing receptacle and a work position inside a ferromagnetic iron device engageable by face-to-face soft contact with a ferromagnetic iron insert attached to said one end of the container.
2. Gripping device according to claim 1 , wherein said ferromagnetic iron device is an iron receptacle.
3. Gripping device according to claim 1 , further comprising an optical fiber optic sensor arranged inside the tubular body for electromagnetic data transmission.
4. Gripping device for a container, said gripping device comprising
a gripping member provided with an external tubular body of diamagnetic material and a permanent magnet movable within the tubular body between a rest position inside a ferromagnetic iron receptacle and a work position inside a ferromagnetic iron body, and
a container provided with a ferromagnetic iron insert attached to one end of the container,
the permanent magnet being engageable in face-to-face contact with the ferromagnetic iron insert of the container.