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Definition of Grippers
1. gripper [n] - See also: gripper
Lexicographical Neighbors of Grippers
Literary usage of Grippers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mechanics' Magazine, Museum, Register, Journal, and Gazette (1841)
"The other, or outer extremity of (he pole is armed with two flat, flexible and
tapering spring grippers, or arms D D. The bow- spring U and the spring ..."
2. Iron: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Iron and Steel Manufacturers edited by Sholto Percy, Perry Fairfax Nursey (1841)
"G1 GJ are two smaller pairs of spring grippers, one at each side of the centre
... The centre spring grippers (DD) must always be of such length only, ..."
3. Senate Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Public Documents and Executive by United States Congress. Senate (1856)
"... a primary feed-carriage E, and a pair of secondary feed-grippers FF ; and
arranging and combining the ..."
4. A Practical Treatise Upon Modern Printing Machinery and Letterpress Printing by Frederick John Farlow Wilson, Douglas Grey (1888)
"When the pulley is free, or is not in contact with anything, the grippers are
shut closely upon the edge of the cylinder, being held by a substantial spring ..."
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