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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7665718 | Hose fitting inserter A powered or hand-activated stationary and/or portable hose fitting insertion apparatus and method. A hose is preferably held in place with a clamp, strap or other apparatus on a platform or in a trough and a fitting is caused to be inserted into an end of the hose ... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7351019 | Clamping mechanism for an elongated workpiece The clamping mechanism is used in an automated tooling machine to secure and hold an elongated workpiece for processing. The machine includes a frame, automated router assembly and a conveyer table. The workpiece is supported on the conveyer table and secured by the... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7314214 | Power clamp A power clamp for use in a manufacturing environment. The power clamp including a base and an extruded body secured to the base. The power clamp also includes a cylinder having a rod secured to the body. A shaft is rotatably supported by the body of the clamp. The c... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7121008 | Clamping mechanism The invention relates to a powered reciprocating saw. To simplify use of the saw, a clamping mechanism is provided which holds an object in position while it is sawn. The clamping mechanism is mounted at the front of the housing of the saw near the saw blade. The cl... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7076910 | Flash landing and control device A device for landing, handling and controlling a fish which includes a pair of clamps pivotally attached to a main housing. A handle is provided at one end of the housing. The clamps can be moved from a closed position to a fully opened position by a trigger assembl... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7036808 | Processing system A clamp device including a support frame member, a lower clamp unit and an upper clamp unit supported by the support frame member. The lower clamp unit has a pair of lower jaws and a first actuator for actuating at least one of the lower jaws between clamped and unc... | 05/02/2006 |
| 6966104 | Reinforcing bar tool and method A tool for forming a high strength reinforcing bar coupling driving self-locking wedge sleeves over each end of a contractible jaw assembly bridging the abutting ends of the bar to be joined. The sleeves are seated in collars engaged by the distal ends of arms drive... | 11/22/2005 |
| 6902160 | Locating pin with integrated clamp The present invention is directed to a locating and clamping fixture for locating and clamping a workpiece, wherein the fixture comprises a generally hollow body and a floating clamping arm. A first cam follower is located within the body, and a drive pin comprising... | 06/07/2005 |
| 6726194 | Electrically-operated clamping device An electrically-operated clamping device includes a clamping member pivotally supported by a housing, to rotate between an open and a closed position; the clamping member is connected to electric motor element by a toggle joint mechanism and an axially extendable th... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6557841 | Over-center power clamp toggle mechanism A rotary clamp having a linkage assembly that provides an over-center condition for providing high actuation and clamping forces without excessively wearing the components of the linkage assembly. The linkage assembly is connected to a linear actuator for... | 05/06/2003 |
| 6471199 | Electric clamp apparatus A gear mechanism has a first gear which is coaxially connected to a drive shaft of a rotary driving source, a second gear which is meshed with the first gear, and a third gear which is meshed with the second gear and which is integrally interlocked with a... | 10/29/2002 |
| 6449851 | Powered reciprocating saw and clamping mechanism The invention relates to a powered reciprocating saw, in particular, to a pruning saw. To simplify use of the saw, a clamping mechanism is provided which holds an object in position while it is sawed. The clamping mechanism includes a clamping arm that is... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6361304 | Adjustable clamp frame for a thermo-forming machine An adjustable clamp frame for securing a work piece in a thermo-forming machine includes a pair of opposed, transverse cross members, each of which are adjustable along a continuum toward and away from one another. Each transverse cross member includes at... | 03/26/2002 |
| 6354580 | Electric clamp apparatus Disclosed is an electric clamp apparatus comprising a rotary driving section for making rotary driving in accordance with an electric signal; a gear mechanism for transmitting rotary driving force of the rotary driving section; a ball screw mechanism for ... | 03/12/2002 |
| 6099058 | Gripping device A gripping device which can grip small articles of different shapes without the need to work its chucking surfaces or to use blocks and liners in combination, and which can position articles in parallel to or perpendicular to a reference surface with a si... | 08/08/2000 |
| 6056281 | Adjustable stoppers and mounting assemblies for parts grippers Adjustable stoppers for limiting the angle at which pivotal gripper jaws are opened. The stoppers include a stop block and at least one stopper pad which is made from a shock absorbing material such as urethane. The stoppers are secured to a pivotal one o... | 05/02/2000 |
| 5934659 | Cam action stacked lumber clamp A clamp (200) for clamping stacked lumber (72) to prevent twisting and bending of the lumber or theft is disclosed. A horizontal member (274) goes under the lumber and is attached to a vertical member (214) at the back. A pressure bar (206) hinged to the ... | 08/10/1999 |
| 5794925 | Apparatus for holding a lock assembly and shearing the assembly pins thereof A holding device for padlocks having lock housings of different sizes. The holding device includes guides for positioning the padlocks so that a shell-plug assembly disposed within the lock housing is maintained at a prescribed location. The holding devic... | 08/18/1998 |
| 5746422 | Clamping device A clamping device used in, for instance, a bonding machine, using a piezo-electric element for opening and closing a pair of clamping claws for holding, for instance, bonding wires in between. The clamping device includes a pressure adjustment screw which... | 05/05/1998 |
| 5678811 | Stacked lumber clamp A clamp (30) for clamping stacked lumber (72) to prevent twisting and bending of the lumber or theft is disclosed. A horizontal member (36) goes under the lumber and is attached to a vertical member (32) at the back. A pressure bar (42) hinged to the vert... | 10/21/1997 |
| 5617757 | Liquid level monitoring systems for underground storage tanks and method for its installation A liquid level monitoring system for underground storage tanks includes a submersible monitoring pipe system having telescoping sections that are biased to an extended position enabling the pipe to be self-retained within the tank between its upper and lo... | 04/08/1997 |
| 5497983 | Work positioner of chip mounter for monitoring a chip-shaped electronic part onto a substrate A work positioner of a chip mounter comprising a positioner mechanism section for positioning a work such as a chip-shaped electronic part and a positioner driving section for driving the positioner mechanism section. The positioner mechanism section incl... | 03/12/1996 |
| 5312094 | Vacuum clamp A vacuum-operated clamp is provided, the clamp comprising a vacuum cylinder composed of a cylinder body, a cylinder piston having a piston rod and a resilient and sealing piston head or O-rings, a single pair of toothed jaws which are mounted on the pisto... | 05/17/1994 |
| 5277412 | Assembly orientation jig An orientation jig for facilitating assembly of a structure including a plurality of structural members and for positioning each structural member in predetermined orientation with respect to one another is provided. The orientation jig includes a mountin... | 01/11/1994 |
| 5168168 | Device for centering round articles A holder for centered round articles comprises a frame having a first arm and a second arm pivotally attached thereto. The first arm defines a single contact point at its distal end while the second arm defines a pair of diverging surfaces at its distal e... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5103551 | Machine for holding workpiece For holding a plurality of different, in shape, workpieces, a holding unit comprises a laminated body with a number of thin identical shaped elongate plates which have one ends forming a workpiece supporting surface, a vibrator unit for moving the elongat... | 04/14/1992 |
| 4792129 | Radiator fixturing device This is an apparatus to facilitate securing radiator tanks onto header plates of automotive radiators and the like of a type made either from brass or of plastic having a gasket trough and integral header tabs. It includes opposed rails suspended from an ... | 12/20/1988 |
| 4786063 | Bone vise A bone vise for holding a bone or bone fragment immobile during surgery to enable a surgeon to perform desired sculpting or other operations thereon. The vise includes a planar base member with an integral threaded post upstanding from its central portion... | 11/22/1988 |
| 4778375 | Tension frame for releasable clamping of a film In the production of shaped plastic elements using deep-drawable thermoplastic film, a tension frame is required to clamp the film. The tension frame is formed by lengthwise and transverse frame parts, on the outside edges of which is located one angle cl... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4778163 | Air actuated clamp A pair of air cylinders are provided on the stand for holding a printed circuit board. A first jaw includes a sleeve having spiral slots at opposite ends which register with straight slots in sleeve sections on a second jaw and pins carried on an air cyli... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4769888 | Method and apparatus for radiator recoring A method and an apparatus for repair of automotive radiators is disclosed, usable for recoring of either brass or plastic tank radiators, including clamping gates providing parallel rails adjustably spaced to receive the radiator header with an air cylind... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4743002 | Automatic die clamp An improved mechanism for automatically clamping a die tool to a press bed or press ram. The automatic die clamp is self-locking and self-compensating to provide a failsafe operation in the clamped position and thus the mechanism retains the clamp in the ... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4730734 | Security device A security device for storing and retaining of products or product packing devices such as pallets, crates and the like having a clamping mechanism slidably mounted on and drivable with respect to a vertical column, the clamping mechanism including one or... | 03/15/1988 |
| 4723750 | Cooling tray for cast blocks A method is described for indexing a polyform block in which a metal field shaping block is cast to both the cutting tray of a hot wire cutting system and the treatment tray of a radiation therapy treatment machine. The cast metal field shaping block is a... | 02/09/1988 |
| 4718681 | Sample chucking apparatus A sample chucking apparatus including a clip provided at a plurality of positions correspondingly to a sample and operating closedly to release and hold the sample, with the clip being acutated by a magnetic force. A spring force counters the direction in... | 01/12/1988 |
| 4716811 | Double toggle gripping apparatus Gripping apparatus for restraining the gun barrel on an armored vehicle comprises a pair of gripping jaws pivotally supported within a housing and connected by a first pair of toggle links to a movable carriage within the housing such that the jaws are op... | 01/05/1988 |
| 4704775 | Turn gate for use with a robotic wire harness assembly system A turn gate is used for receiving and supporting a plurality of wire segments that are successively guided laterally into contact with it by the robotic device during the assembly of the wire harness. The turn gate is positioned at bends in the wire harne... | 11/10/1987 |
| 4695067 | Wheeled article carrier A wheeled carrier for transporting elongate articles having a wheeled axle, a dynamic clamp for the article including spring biasing to return the clamp to a relaxed position when the article is removed therefrom, and a suspension extending between the cl... | 09/22/1987 |
| 4690050 | Transfer system for article printing machine In this printing machine, which is of the type comprising a horizontal printing station and, in vertical alignment with the latter, an exchange station, there are two transfer arms which are disposed at 90° relative to each other, one on each side of a r... | 09/01/1987 |
| 4667945 | Device for locating and orienting objects A device for locating and orienting objects at a precise location includes a lever pivoted to a fixed support. The lever supports a first urging member arranged at a first preselected distance from the pivot axis. A second urging member is pivoted to the ... | 05/26/1987 |
