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US 6,601,616 B1Granted
Powered clamp application tool
AssigneeChallenger Manufacturing Consultants, Inc.
InventorWalter W. Lenox
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Abstract
A portable electrically powered clamp application tool has a bench mounting kit with a foot pedal control for bench work. The tool has two grippers which enable a powered clamp cutting operation, wherein the only manual step is bending the tightened clamp prior to triggering the cutter arm. A gripper element is non-rotational and has teeth. It locates the material being gripped in a repeatable manner in spite of oil or other lubricants on the clamp.
Claims27
A clamp applicator comprising:
- a housing having a motor with an ON/OFF and a FORWARD/REVERSE switch;
- a first gripper located near a band entry port in the housing;
- a second gripper having a linkage to the motor to move forward toward the entry port and backward;
- a cutter in the housing for cutting a tightened clamp;
- wherein a clamp tightening mode of operation powers the second gripper backward while gripping a segment of a clamp, thereby tightening the clamp;
- and
- wherein a clamp cutting mode of operation powers the second gripper forward, thereby releasing its grip on the clamp segment and activating the cutter to cut the clamp segment.
4 more elements
A clamp applicator comprising:
- a housing having a motor;
- a powered pulling member having a clamp which removably attaches to a clamp segment;
- and
- a powered cutter to cut the clamp segment.
1 more element
A clamp applicator comprising:
- a housing having a motor, a clamp entry port, a pulling member means functioning to pull a clamp segment away from the clamp entry port via a linkage to the motor;
- and
- a cutter means function to cut the clamp segment via a linkage to the motor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.