Sliding clamp
AssigneeKurt Manufacturing Company, Inc.
InventorLeon M. Bernstein
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Abstract
A device for holding a workpiece or part in a desired position. The device has a platen with a stop, a threaded shank actuator and a sliding clamping member. The actuator has a tapered head which engages a conical bore of the sliding clamping member simultaneously to apply clamping forces against a workpiece and securing forces to anchor the sliding clamp member to the platen.
Claims20
A clamping device for holding a workpiece comprising:
- a platen having a working surface including a stop;
- a clamping member having a sliding face adapted for sliding movement along the platen working surface and at least one clamping face adapted to engage a workpiece;
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- actuating means for simultaneously anchoring the clamping member to the platen on the platen working surface while moving the clamping member toward the stop, wherein the actuating means is secured into the platen along a fixed reference axis intersecting with the platen working surface and includes a tapered bearing surface engaging the clamping member wherein the simultaneous anchoring and moving is caused only by movement of the tapered bearing surface toward the platen working surface parallel to the reference axis.
The device of claim 7 wherein the stop comprises a second clamping member and means for anchoring the second clamping member to the platen working surface.
A clamping device for holding a workpiece comprising:
- a platen having a working surface including a stop;
- a clamping member having a sliding face adapted for sliding movement along the platen working surface and at least one clamping face adapted to engage a workpiece;
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- a fastener secured into the platen defining a central axis, the fastener having a bearing surface concentrically positioned about the central axis, the bearing surface engaging the clamping member for simultaneously anchoring the clamping member to the platen on the platen working surface while moving the clamping member toward the stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.