Apparatus and system for securing a cutting device

A system for cutting an elongated railshaped profiled object, the system comprising:

• a cutting machine comprising a cutting wheel or a saw blade configured to cut the elongated railshaped profiled object;
• and
• a securing device configured to be connected to the cutting machine, the securing device comprising:
• a base adapted to be disposed on an upper surface of the elongated railshaped profiled object;
• and
• an arm pivotably mounted to the base at a first pivot axis at right angles to a main extension of the elongated railshaped profiled object;
• wherein the base comprises:
• two parallel, spaced plates, each plate having an opening for receiving the object;
• a rocker arm;
• and
• a clamping device for actuating the rocker arm;
• wherein each plate comprises a central, first contact surface arranged to contact the upper surface of the elongated railshaped profiled object, the central, first contact surface being located between a first end and a second end of each plate;
• wherein a second inwardly angled contact surface extends from the first end of each plate towards a corresponding first side surface of the elongated rail shaped profiled object, the second inwardly angled contact surface arranged to contact a first lower edge of a rail head of the elongated railshaped profiled object;
• wherein the rocker arm is pivotally mounted at a location between and spaced apart from an interior surface of each of the plates about a second pivot axis and is configured to rotate about the second pivot axis;
• wherein the rocker arm comprises a first end, a central portion, and a second end;
• wherein the first end of the rocker arm defines a third contact surface, the third contact surface extending towards a corresponding second side surface of the elongated railshaped profiled object to clamp the elongated railshaped profiled object;
• wherein a first end of the clamping device is pivotably mounted to the base and the arm at the first pivot axis between the parallel, spaced plates, wherein the arm is pivotable relative to the clamping device about the first pivot axis;
• wherein the second end of the rocker arm is journaled on the clamping device about a third pivot axis;
• wherein the first, second, and third pivot axes are different;
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• wherein the first pivot axis, the second pivot axis, and the second inwardly angled contact surface remain in fixed relative positions during movement of the base relative to the arm and movement of the rocker arm relative to the base.