Clamping device for an elongated piece
AssigneeYamchen Industrial Co., Ltd.
InventorChiu-Feng Huang
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Abstract
A clamping device includes two clamping units. At least one of the clamping units includes a sheave having a pinion portion biased toward the other of the clamping units so as to hold an elongated piece between the clamping units, and a rack member engaging the pinion portion of the sheave. Preferably, each of the clamping units has a frictional clamping surface which presses against the elongated piece.
Claims16
A clamping device for an elongated piece, including a stationary unit, a guide unit spaced apart from said stationary unit at a predetermined distance, a movable unit mounted movably on said guide unit, and a bias unit interconnecting said guide unit and said movable unit so as to bias said movable unit to move toward said stationary unit, thereby holding said elongated piece between said stationary unit and said movable unit, wherein the improvement comprises:
- said guide unit including a guide block and a rack member mounted securely on a top surface of said guide block;
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- said movable unit including a sheave which has two wheel portions and a pinion portion that is located between said wheel portions and that engages said rack member so as to guide said wheel portions of said sheave to move on said guide unit.
A clamping device for an elongated piece, including two spaced guide units, two movable units respectively and movably mounted on said guide units, and two bias units, each of which interconnecting one of said guide units and one of said movable units so as to bias said movable units to move toward each other, thereby holding said elongated piece between said movable units, wherein the improvement comprises:
- each of said guide units including a guide block and a rack member which is mounted securely on a top surface of said guide block;
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- each of said movable units including a sheave which has two wheel portions and a pinion portion that is located between said wheel portions and that is engaged with a respective one of said rack members so as to guide said sheaves to move toward each other on said guide units.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.