# US 5,329,820 A · Materials testing grip

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- Number: US 5,329,820 A
- Document ID: US5329820A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/062,701
- Filed: 1993-05-17
- Granted: 1994-07-19
- Earliest claimed: 1991-12-09
- Assignees: Instron Corporation
- Inventors: Stephen M. McMahon
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5329820A

## CPC

- G01N 3/04: Chucks
- G01N 2203/0278: Thin specimens
- G01N 2203/0423: using screws
- G01N: INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIR CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES (measuring or testing apparatus or processes other than immunoassay, involving enzymes or microorganisms C12M, C12Q)

## 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.

## Claims

### Claim 1

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.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The grip combination of claim 1 in which at least one of said gripping faces is a surface of an element of elastomeric material.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The grip combination of claim 2 in which at least one of said jaw portions is an elastomeric O-ring.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The grip combination of claim 3 in which each of said jaw portions is an elastomeric O-ring, said element of elastomeric material being one of said elastomeric O-rings.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The grip combination of claim 4 wherein said means for limiting includes jaw supports in which respective said O-rings are supported.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The grip combination of claim 5 in which one said jaw support includes a stud extending through the other said jaw support.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The grip combination of claim 6 in which said stud carries threads which engage a nut to urge said jaw supports together to compress said jaw portions.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The grip combination of claim 1 in which said jaw portions are portions of an integral helical elastomeric rod.