Clamp-down device for use in securing a member in an inaccessible area
AssigneeAmerican Standard Inc.
InventorJohn R. Reiss
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Abstract
A clamp-down device whereby an inaccessible portion, such as the rear end of an equipment rack, for example, may be secured to a base or anchor member from the front end of the rack which is readily accessible. The clamping arrangement includes a clamping bar having a wedge-shaped end which fits into a complementarily wedge-shaped slot in a pin secured to the base and extending through the rear end of the equipment rack. A jack-screw is operatively connected between the equipment rack and the clamping bar adjacent the front or accessible end of the rack, so that by turning the jack-screw, the wedge-shaped end of the clamping bar is forced tightly into the wedge-shaped slot in the pin to thereby draw the rear portion of the rack tightly against the base.
Claims7
A clamp-down device for removably securing an equipment member to a fixed base member having an accessible end and an inaccessible opposite end inaccessible to use of conventional securing means, said clamp-down device comprising:
- (a) an anchor pin secured in said base member adjacent the inaccessible end,
- (b) said equipment member having a hole formed therein at one end for receiving said anchor pin,
- (c) said anchor pin having a slot extending transversely therethrough;
- (d) a clamping bar insertable in the clamp-down device from said accessible end toward said anchor pin, to a locking position in which a wedge-shaped end on the clamping bar is wedged in said transverse slot of said anchor pin;
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- (e) means for exerting a force on said clamping bar for effecting wedging action of said wedge-shaped end in said slot for securing said equipment member to said base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.