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US 6,641,123 B2Granted
Clamp apparatus
AssigneeSMC Corporation
InventorKazuyoshi Takahashi
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Abstract
A clamp apparatus comprises a toggle link mechanism which converts rectilinear motion of a rod member into rotary motion, an arm which is rotatable by a predetermined angle in accordance with a driving action of a cylinder section, and a lock mechanism which holds an unclamping state of the arm even when transmission of driving force of the cylinder section to the arm is cut off.
Claims6
A clamp apparatus comprising:
- a body;
- a driving mechanism for displacing a rod member provided at the inside of said body in an axial direction of said body;
- a toggle link mechanism including a link member connected to said rod member, for converting rectilinear motion of said rod member into rotary motion;
- an arm connected to said toggle link mechanism, for making rotation by a predetermined angle in accordance with a driving action of said driving mechanism;
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- a lock mechanism provided at the inside of said body, for holding said arm in an unclamping state when transmission of driving force of said driving mechanism to said arm is cut off.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.