Work material clamp for use with cutting machines
OwnerMark P. Chepurnyinventor
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Abstract
A clamp for use with a cutting machine, the clamp comprising: a clamp frame; a low profile clamp head operatively connected to the clamp frame, wherein the clamp head has a clamping surface for pressing on a work surface of a work piece to hold said work piece; and a fixing element, operatively connectable to the clamp frame, for providing a clamping force to the clamp head by fixing the clamp to a support base for the work piece. In embodiments, the clamp head may have a low profile clamp head, made of plastic to prevent damage to a cutting bit.
Claims19
A clamp for use with a cutting machine, the clamp comprising:
- a clamp frame comprises a pair of cylindrical pins, wherein the clamp frame having a length extending from a forward end portion to a rearward end portion;
- a clamp head having a length extending from a front end to a rear end;
- the rear end operatively connected to the forward end portion of the clamp frame;
- and
- a fixing element, operatively connectable to the clamp frame between the pair of cylindrical pins, wherein the fixing element includes arcuate recesses engaging the cylindrical pins;
- the fixing element providing a clamping force to a work piece by fixing the clamp to a support base, the fixing element being positioned on the length between the forward and rearward end portions of the clamp frame,
- wherein the clamp head is a low profile clamp head sized and shaped to avoid contact with a cutting tool, the clamp head including an inclined profile between the front and rear ends and a lateral recess across the clamp head;
- wherein the clamp head is composed of plastic to prevent damage to cutting bits contacting the clamp head.
A clamp for use with a cutting machine, the clamp comprising:
- a clamp frame comprises a pair of cylindrical pins, wherein the clamp frame having a length extending from a forward end portion to a rearward end portion;
- a clamp head having a length extending from a front end to a rear end;
- the rear end operatively connected to the forward end portion of the clamp frame;
- and
- a fixing element, operatively connectable to the clamp frame between the pair of cylindrical pins, wherein the fixing element includes a lever operatively coupled to the fixing element for actuating the fixing element;
- the fixing element providing a clamping force to a work piece by fixing the clamp to a support base,
- wherein the clamp head is operatively attachable to and detachable from the forward end portion of the clamp frame solely by hand by grasping the clamp head and moving the clamp head onto the forward end portion to an attached position and by grasping the clamp head and moving the clamp head apart from the forward end portion to a detached position;
- wherein the clamp head is a low profile clamp head sized and shaped to avoid contact with a cutting tool, the clamp head including an inclined profile between the front and rear ends and a lateral recess across the clamp head.
The clamp kit as claimed in 5, wherein said fixing element operates with threaded insert wasteboards, the kit further comprising a second fixing element which operates with T-track wasteboards.
A clamp for use with a cutting machine having a spindle that carries a cutting tool, the clamp comprising:
- a clamp frame comprises a pair of cylindrical pins;
- a clamp head having a length extending from a front end to a rear end;
- the rear end operatively connected to the clamp frame, the clamp head having a clamping surface for pressing on a work piece to hold said work piece;
- and
- a fixing element, operatively connectable to the clamp frame between the pair of cylindrical pins, wherein the fixing element includes arcuate recesses engaging the cylindrical pins;
- the fixing element providing a clamping force to the clamp head by fixing the clamp to a support base for the work piece, wherein the clamp head is a low profile clamp head sized and shaped to avoid contact with the spindle any time the spindle is positioned two centimeters or more from a work surface of the work piece;
- wherein the clamp head includes an inclined profile between the front and rear ends and a lateral recess across the clamp head.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.