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US 9,724,806 B2Granted
Device for clamping a workpiece to a workbench
AssigneeThibaut
InventorsJacques Thibaut, Christophe Thibaut
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Abstract
A device for clamping a workpiece (P) to a workbench (T) includes a body (1) containing a vacuum-generating element. The body (1) has a lower cavity (2) open at the bottom and positioned in the vicinity of a face for securing to the workbench (T). The lower cavity (2) forms a vacuum reserve, this vacuum reserve being connected by a substantially straight duct (6) to an upper face for securing a workpiece (P).
Claims10
A device, for clamping a workpiece to a workbench, comprising:
- a first face for securing by vacuum to a workbench and a second face for securing by vacuum a workpiece, wherein said device comprises a body having a bottom containing a vacuum-generating means connected to said first face for securing by vacuum to the workbench, wherein said body has a lower cavity opening to said first face and configured for securing by vacuum to the workbench, said cavity being also configured as a vacuum reserve which can be connected to said second face by a substantially straight duct, which opening is controlled via a valve, in such a way that when said duct is opened, said duct suction at said second securing face, so that the gripping of the workpiece occurs instantaneously, with any water and impurities being sucked into and trapped in said vacuum reserve.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.