Clamp for support and connection members
AssigneeSystem Plast S.p.A.
InventorSergio Marsetti
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Abstract
A clamp for locking at least one pin (30) or the like, comprising a hollow body (1) provided with coaxial apertures (9) and in which there is mounted, slidable but not rotatable, a member (11) loaded by a spring (10) and provided with a through hole (12) able to align with said coaxial apertures (9) for passage of said pin (30), and connected axially but not rotatably to an operating knob (18) able to assume and maintain two positions, namely one in which the pin (30) is released by moving said member against the action of the spring (10) and one in which the pin is locked by the action of the spring.
Claims7
A clamp for locking at least one pin (30) comprising:
- a hollow body (1) provided with coaxial apertures (9);
- a slidable but not rotatable member (11) mounted in said hollow body (1), said slidable but not rotatable member (11) loaded by a spring (10) and provided with a through hole (12) able to align with said coaxial apertures (9) for passage of said pin (30), and
- an operating knob (18) operably coupled to said slidable but not rotatable member (11), said operating knob (18) being able to assume and maintain two positions, namely one in which the pin (30) is released by moving said member against the action of the spring (10) and one in which the pin is locked by the action of the spring;
- wherein the two positions of the knob (18) are achieved by cooperation between parts (19) associated with said knob (18) and guides (6, 7) provided within said body (1);
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- wherein the parts (19) are represented by coaxial pegs mounted in the knob (18) and penetrating said guides (6, 7) provided within said body (1).
A clamp assembly, comprising:
- a substantially cylindrical hollow body having a coaxial bore;
- a first pin, said coaxial bore structured and arranged for receiving the pin;
- a spring arranged within said hollow body,
- a slidable but not rotatable member mounted within said hollow body being loaded by said spring, said member having a through hole aligning with the bore formed in said hollow body, said through hole being structured and arranged for receiving said at least one pin such that the pin is insertable through said member and said hollow body, and
- a knob connected to said member, said knob having a first position in which said knob is moved against action of said spring such that the pin is released and a second position in which the knob is locked by the action of the spring such that the pin is locked.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.