Ski clamping apparatus
OwnerJames B. Campbellinventor
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Abstract
A ski clamping apparatus for holding one or a pair of snow skis while sharpening and waxing the skis. A pair of identical clamps are mounted on a support, such as on a top of a desk or a cabinet, with the clamps spaced apart for supporting the ski or skis at longitudinally spaced areas. Each clamp has a pair of clamping sections, with each section adapted to hold a ski at the longitudinal edges thereof and with the bottom of the ski facing upwardly to permit filing and waxing of the bottom of the ski or adapted to hold a ski while resting on its lower edge, the upper edge of the ski facing upwardly. With such an arrangement the edges of both skis can be sharpened simultaneously by an implement mounted at a predetermined angle to the exposed upper edges.
Claims14
A clamp adapted to be mounted on a support comprising a support flange, a stationary clamping member secured to said support flange, a first elongated mounting element secured to and extending to one direction from said stationary clamping member, a first movable clamping member provided with an opening through which said elongated mounting element extends, each of said stationary and first clamping members having a first abutment, the first abutment on said stationary clamping member cooperating with the first abutment on said first clamping member to form a first clamping section for supporting a workpiece, said first clamping member being movable on said first mounting element towards or away from said stationary clamping member to clamp the workpiece between said first abutments or to release the workpiece from between the first abutments, a second movable clamping member provided with an opening through which said first mounting element extends, said first clamping member being located between said stationary clamping member and said second movable clamping member, each of said first and second clamping members having a second abutment, the second abutment on said first clamping member cooperating with the second abutment on said second clamping member to form a second clamping section for supporting another workpiece, said second clamping member being movable on said mounting element towards or away from said first clamping member to clamp the workpiece between said second abutments or to release the workpiece from between said second abutments, and releasable fastening means carried by said mounting element engageable with said second clamping member for maintaining the workpieces between the cooperating abutments of said first and second clamping sections, said releasable fastening means including a locking bracket having a pair of openings, with one bracket opening being threaded and the other bracket opening being non-threaded, with the non-threaded opening of the locking bracket being sleeved over said first mounting element whereby said bracket is freely movable along said first mounting element during adjustment of said releasable fastening means, said releasable fastening means including aa threaded member which is threadedly received in said threaded opening in said bracket, said second clamping member including an opening which receives and carries one end portion of said threaded member and the other end portion thereof being provided with a handle for rotating said threaded member.
A ski clamp for holding a pair of skis and adapted to be mounted on a support comprising a support flange extending in one direction, a stationary clamping member fixedly secured to said support flange, a pair of spaced apart and parallel elongated mounting elements at one side of and spaced from said support flange, said mounting elements being fixedly secured to said stationary clamping member and extending in said one direction, a first movable clamping member provided with a pair of openings through which said elongated mounting elements extend, each of said stationary and first clamping members having a first abutment, the first abutment, the first abutment on said stationary clamping member cooperating with the first abutment on said first clamping member to form a first clamping section for supporting a ski, said first clamping member being movable on said mounting elements towards or away from said stationary clamping member to clamp the ski between said first abutments or to release the ski from between the first abutments, a second movable clamping member provided with a single opening through which one of said mounting elements extend, the other of said mounting elements being located between said one mounting element and said support flange, each of said first and second clamping members having a second abutment, the second abutment on said first clamping member cooperating with the second abutment on said second clamping member to form a second clamping section for supporting another ski, said second clamping member being movable on said one mounting element towards or away from said first clamping member to clamp the ski between said second abutments or to release the ski from between said second abutments, a flange depending from said second movable clamping member engageable with said other mounting element for aligning said second abutments, and releasable fastening means carried by said one mounting element engageable with said second clamping member for maintaining the pair of skis between the cooperating abutments of said first and second clamping sections.
A ski clamping apparatus for holding a pair of skis and adapted to be mounted on a support, said apparatus comprising a pair of clamps of identical construction, said clamps being spaced apart on the support and adapted to hold different portions of each ski, each clamp comprising a support flange extending in one direction, a stationary clamping member fixedly secured to said support flange, a pair of spaced apart and parallel elongated mounting elements at one side of and spaced from said support flange, said mounting elements being fixedly secured to said stationary clamping member and extending in said one direction, a first movable clamping member provided with a pair of openings through which said elongated mounting elements extend, each of said stationary and first clamping members having a first abutment, the first abutment on said stationary clamping member cooperating with the first abutment on said first clamping member to form a first clamping section for supporting a ski, said first clamping member being movable on said mounting elements towards or away from said stationary clamping member to clamp the ski between said first abutments or to release the ski from between the first abutments, a second movable clamping member provided with a single opening through which one of said mounting elements extend, the other of said mounting elements being located between said one mounting element and said support flange, each of said first and second clamping members having a second abutment, the second abutment on said first clamping member cooperating with the second abutment on said second clamping section for supporting another ski, said second clamping member being movable on said one mounting element towards or away from said first clamping member to clamp the ski between said second abutments or to release the ski from between said second abutments, a flange depending from said second movable clamping member engageable with said other mounting element for aligning said second abutments, the first and second clamping sections of one clamp being respectively longitudinally aligned with the first and second clamping sections of the other clamp, and releasable fastening means for each clamp carried by said one mounting element engageable with said second clamping member for maintaining the pair of skis between the cooperating abutments of said first and second clamping sections of each of said clamps.
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