GROUP GRIPPER Russian patent published in 2001 - IPC

FIELD: building materials industry, in particular, automation of the process of formation of brick packages. SUBSTANCE: the group gripper has a frame carrying rows of clamping levers rigidly interconnected in a row by means of a synchronizing shaft. The shafts of paired rows are installed for opposite turn relative to the frame. The shafts are provided with stops, and shaft turn limiters installed for fixation in the preset position are fastened on the frame, the working surface of the limiters is engageable with the shaft stops. The shaft turn limiters may be made in the form of eccentrics, each of them has an adjustment scale and holes arranged in accordance with it, the means for fixation of the eccentric may be made like a pin installed in the hole for engagement with the frame slot. The clamping levers may be made in the form of detachable plates installed on the synchronizing shaft. EFFECT: simultaneous and uniform transfer of force to all bricks of the group at a minimum stroke of the clamping levers. 3 cl, 2 dwg