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US 5,329,820 AGranted
Materials testing grip
AssigneeInstron Corporation
InventorStephen M. McMahon
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Abstract
A materials testing grip for tensile testing of small fibers includes a pair of inwardlyconverging surfaces into which a fiber may be easily pressed, and which in fiber tension is characterized by increased gripping force.
Claims8
A testing grip combination comprising:
- an actuator element that is movable along an axis,
- a connecting member connected to said actuator element for movement along said axis,
- a first jaw portion attached to said connecting member,
- a second jaw portion, and
- means for limiting movement of said first jaw portion and said second jaw portion thereapart,
- each of said first jaw portion and said second jaw portion having a gripping face,
- each said gripping face facing the other said gripping face,
- the first jaw portion gripping face being out of parallel with the second jaw portion gripping face, and defining therewith a nip that has a portion oriented parallel to said axis so as to receive a test fiber by movement transverse to said axis.
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