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US 5,396,721 AGranted
Tensioning device
AssigneeKirpalanies, Inc.
InventorsRobert S. Levine, Mark R. Goodwin
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Abstract
A holding and tensioning device for leather and leather-like pieces of material having a pallet and a pair of adjustable positioning clamps mounted on the pallet is provided. Advantageously, the device of the instant invention is capable of holding the piece in place without damaging it, as was the case in the prior art.
Claims14
A device for use in holding and tensioning a piece of material, and comprising, in combination:
- a. a pallet having two pairs of opposing frame members;
- b. two adjustable positioning clamps respectively slidably mounted on one of said two pairs of opposing members and including a positioning bar movable therebetween, said positioning bar having two adjustable pegs for placing adjacent thereto two respective opposing sides of said piece, said pegs being mountable on and extending from said bar, said positioning clamps also including fastening means for engaging said positioning bar to prevent said bar from moving between said two positioning clamps;
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- c. two dove tail rails positionable so as to be able to impinge upon said material piece and oriented so as to be parallel to the other of said two opposing frame members, said dove tail rails including means for clamping onto and holding taut said material piece, said clamping means being slidably mounted on said dove tail rails.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.