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US 5,584,457 AGranted
Clamping support for removable attachments
OwnerBliss Fawcettinventor
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Abstract
A clamping device which includes an elongate element, a fixed jaw coupled to the elongate element, a movable jaw slidable along the elongate element, and a clamping mechanism coupled to the movable jaw operative to move the movable jaw towards the fixed jaw slightly while being clamped to the elongate element.
Claims18
In a clamping device a combination comprising:
- (a) an elongate element;
- (b) a fixed jaw assembly having a fixed jaw with a fixed jaw face, said fixed jaw assembly being coupled to said elongate element;
- (c) a movable jaw assembly having a movable jaw with a movable jaw face and said movable jaw assembly being slidable along said elongated element;
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- (d) a clamping mechanism coupled to said movable jaw assembly operative to move said movable jaw towards said fixed jaw slightly while said movable jaw assembly is being clamped to said elongate element and said elongate element with inducing means for providing flexibility to allow a slight deflection thereof during clamping and for the deflection force resulting from deflection of said elongate element to maintain a clamping force between said fixed and movable jaw faces.
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The clamping support for an attachment, comprising:
- (a) an elongated track having a plurality of regularly spaced apart transverse ribs;
- (b) a fixed jaw assembly having a fixed jaw with a firxe jaw face, said fixed jaw assembly slidably coupled to said track;
- (c) a movable jaw assembly having a movable jaw with a movable jaw face, said movable jaw assembly slidably coupled to said track;
- (d) a clamping assembly coupling said movable ajw assembly to said elongated track, said clamping assembly having a lever which, when pivoted, clamps said movable jaw assembly to said elongated track;
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- (e) means for removably attaching said attachment to the support.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.