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Clamping device

US4608005A · kind A · utility

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3Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateOct 25, 1984
Grant dateAug 26, 1986
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Expiry dateOct 25, 2004

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10S425/129
  • WIPO fieldOther special machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamping device of this invention is constructed of bases on which molds are slidably moved, regulating portions each provided above the corresponding base and having a clamping surface which is inclined relative to the base, shifting means provided beside the bases and for shifting each mold placed on the base in a direction to which the space between the base and the clamping surface progressively narrows and a spacer fixedly mounted on the upper surface of the mold, the upper surface of which being in the form of an arc in a direction to which the mold is moved. In use, each of the molds placed on the base is moved by the shifting means. The mold is then sandwiched between the base and the clamping surface and clamped to a wedge configuration.

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