Device for holding in position a product to be processed and a method
AssigneeRoberto Mingot
InventorRoberto Mingot
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Abstract
A device for holding in position a product to be processed includes a base connectable by magnetic interaction to a work surface of an apparatus for tumbling or polishing and comprising a first portion and a second portion movable along an operating direction mutually towards or away from a first and a second operating position. The device also includes a retaining support connected to the base and configured to hold in a stable position a product to be processed between a first and a second retaining element. Between the first and the second portion of the base an actuation member is interposed, configured to move the same portions between the first operating position and the second operating position. A method for holding in position a product to be processed is also disclosed.
Claims16
A device for holding in position a product to be processed, comprising:
- a base having a magnetic or ferromagnetic or electromagnetic element adapted to interact by means of magnetic interaction with a work surface of an apparatus for tumbling or polishing;
- said base comprising a first portion and a second portion movable along an operating direction mutually towards or away from a first and a second operating position;
- a retaining support connected to said base and configured to hold in a stable position a product to be processed;
- said retaining support having a first retaining element connected to said first portion and a second retaining element connected to said second portion;
- an actuation member configured to move said first portion and said second portion with the related retaining elements between said first operating position, wherein said retaining support is configured to impart a force onto the product to be processed so as to hold it in a stable and integral position with the device itself, and said second operating position, wherein said first and second retaining element are distanced from the product to be processed so as to allow the removal from or installation thereof in said device,
- wherein said actuation member comprises an elastic element normally configured to move said first portion and said second portion of said base into the first operating position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.