US Patent Issued to VMI HOLLAND on July 14 for "Gripper for gripping a spacer, handling assembly comprising said gripper, method for transferring a spacer from a first station to a second station and spacer positioning unit" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,679,671, issued on July 14, was assigned to VMI HOLLAND B.V. (Epe, Netherlands).

"Gripper for gripping a spacer, handling assembly comprising said gripper, method for transferring a spacer from a first station to a second station and spacer positioning unit" was invented by Willem Marinus Van Beek (Epe, Netherlands), Timen Anton Van Werven (Epe, Netherlands) and Robin Nusselder (Epe, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "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 di...