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US 2015/0067992 A1Published application
Clamp
AssigneeKey Technology, Inc.
InventorsChristopher A. Woiler, Dean D. Dunham, Michael Jones, Michael J. Opp, James D. Ruff
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Abstract
A clamp is described and which includes a base portion, a handle which is affixed to the base portion, a moveable clamp portion which is individually pivotally attached to the base portion; a pair of force transmitting couplings pivotally attached to the handle, and the movable clamp portion; and an elongated resilient biasing member with a distal end, and which is mounted on the movable clamp portion, and which is further operable to engage an adjacent object of interest and hold it in a given orientation relative to a vibratory conveyor.
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A clamp, comprising:
- a base portion having individual support members which are located in predetermined, spaced, substantially parallel relation, one relative to the other;
- a handle which has opposite ends, and which are individually, pivotally affixed to each of the support members;
- a moveable clamp portion having opposite ends, and which are individually pivotally attached to the respective support members;
- a pair of force transmitting couplings each having a first end which is pivotally attached to the handle, and an opposite, second end which is pivotally attached to the moveable clamp portion;
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- an elongated resilient biasing member having a proximal and a distal end, and which is borne by the moveable clamp portion, and wherein the distal end of the elongated resilient biasing member resiliently deforms when the elongated, resilient biasing member forcibly engages an adjacent object as a force is applied to move the handle along a course of travel.
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A clamp, comprising:
- a base portion which is affixed to a wall of a vibratory conveyor having a product transporting bed and upon which a source of a product is transported, and wherein the base portion has individual support members which are affixed to the wall of the vibratory conveyor, and which further extend perpendicularly, outwardly therefrom, and wherein the individual support members are located a given distance apart;
- a handle having opposite ends, and a given length dimension which is greater than the length dimension as measured between the respective support members, and wherein the handle further has individual arm members which are mounted on the opposite ends of the of the handle, and which further each have a distal end which is pivotally mounted to one of the support members of the base portion, and which further renders the handle moveable along an arcuately shaped path of travel between a first and a second position;
- a rotatable clamping portion which is borne by the respective support members, and wherein the rotatable clamping portion has a main body with opposite ends, and wherein each end of the rotatable clamping portion is rotatably mounted on each of the respective support members, and wherein a forcible movement of the handle along the path of travel has the effect of causing the selective rotation of the rotatable clamping portion;
- a pair of force transmitting couplings each having a first end which are individually, rotatably affixed on the handle, and an opposite second end, which is rotatably mounted on the rotatable clamping portion;
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- a pair of elongated resilient biasing members which are individually mounted on the opposite ends of the rotatable clamping portion, and wherein each of the elongated resilient biasing members has a main body which has a similar length dimension, and wherein a threadably adjustable engagement post is mounted on each of the elongated resilient biasing members, and which further causes the elongated resilient biasing members to deform when the respective elongated resilient biasing members forcibly engage an object which cooperates with the vibratory conveyor, and wherein the handle when located in the second, clamping position securely positions the object in a given orientation on the vibratory conveyor.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.