---
publication_id: "OT-2026-000003259"
title: "Device for magnetically engaging objects having variable surface contours"
published_at: "2026-09-15T19:57:50.393862Z"
canonical_url: "https://opentechnical.org/p/OT-2026-000003259"
categories:
  - "lifting-positioning-manipulation/hoists-and-cranes"
keywords:
  - "b66c1/06"
  - "b66c1/06"
  - "b66c1/06"
  - "h01f7/20"
  - "h01f7/206"
  - "h01f7/206"
---

# Device for magnetically engaging objects having variable surface contours

## Abstract

The specification discloses a magnetizable device for engaging articles of varying surface contours. The device is characterized by a number of independently movable magnetizable elements which depend from a slot in the device housing; the elements being retained by element-arresting projections extending from each element's upper-most end. In one embodiment, the slot of the present invention is a bobbin assembly, including first and second halves which join to define a substantially rectangular slot.

## 1. Drawings

[0001] Sheet 1.

[0002] Sheet 2.

[0003] Sheet 3.