Gripping head for articles disposed in rows

Claim 1

A GRIPPING HEAD FOR GRIPPING MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES SUCH AS BOTTLES, FLASKS OR THE LIKE, ALIGNED IN PARALLEL ROWS COMPRISING A SUBSTANTIALLY RECTANGULAR PLATE, A FIRST AND A SECOND SERIES OF ARMS, THE ARMS OF EACH SERIES BEING INTERCONNECTED BY PAIRS BY MEANS OF BARS SECURED AT ONE END OF SAID ARMS, THE TWO ARMS CONSTITUTING EACH PAIR BEING PARALLEL ONE WITH THE OTHER, SOME OF SAID ARMS OF EACH SERIES BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON ONE EDGE AND THE REMAINING ARMS OF EACH SERIES BEING ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE OPPOSITE EDGE OF SAID PLATE, A PAIR OF ARMS OF ONE SERIES BEING INTERPOSED BETWEEN TWO PAIRS OF ARMS OF THE OTHER SERIES, THE LOWER ENDS OF SAID ARMS EXTENDING BELOW SAID PLATE AND THE UPPER ENDS OF SAID ARMS EXTENDING BELOW SAID PLATE, A COUPLING ROD PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO ALL OF THE ARMS OF ONE OF THE SERIES DISPOSED ON ONE EDGE OF THE PLATE AND OTHER COUPLING RODS SIMILARLY CONNECTED TO EACH OF THE OTHER SERIES OF ARMS ON EACH EDGE OF THE PLATE THE COUPLING RODS FOR EACH SERIES OF ARMS EACH INTERCONNECTED BY A RESPECTIVE CROSS-ROD, A CONTROL DEVICE DISPOSED ABOVE SAID PLATE AND CONNECTED TO EACH CROSS-ROD FOR MOVEMENT OF THE LATTER TOWARD AND AWAY FROM EACH OTHER WHEREBY SAID FIRST SERIES AND SAID SECOND SERIES OF ARMS ARE OPERATED SYNCHRONOUSLY.