Clamping mechanism
OwnerFred Oswaldinventor
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Abstract
A clamping mechanism particularly for clamping a vibrator to a reinforcing bar. The clamping mechanism provides a slot which intersects a channel. The channel is longitudinally open in one direction at one side of said intersecting slot and longitudinally open in the opposite direction at the other side of said intersecting slot. A reinforcing bar or other member to be engaged first enters the slot then moves into the channel. Once in the channel, the bar or other member is positively retained therein.
Claims20
A vibrator attachable to a bar, said vibrator including a casing, means within said casing for vibrating said casing, and a clamp associated with said casing for engaging a bar, said clamp including a frame, a channel extending longitudinally through said frame, a slot extending across said frame and intersecting said channel at a location intermediate the ends thereof, said channel being longitudinally open in one direction at one side of said intersecting slot and longitudinally open in the opposite direction at the other side of said intersecting slot, said channel, said channel openings, and said intersecting slot all being dimensioned to accommodate said bar whereby said slot can be seated over said bar to adopt a position in which said bar lies across said channel whereupon the frame encompassing the elongated channel can be rotated in a direction in which a portion of the bar to one side of the slot passes through the longitudinal channel opening on said one side of the slot and a portion of the bar to the opposite side of the slot passes through the oppositely directed longitudinal channel opening on the opposite side of the slot to a position in which said bar lies in and along said channel within the frame.
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