Clamp fixtures
US6338478B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1997 |
| Grant date | Jan 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB25B5/163
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Adaptors for interchangeably connecting any of a plurality of clamping fixtures to various beam clamp assemblies include an adaptor block or body, a fastener attached to the adaptor block for releasably securing the adaptor block to a jaw of a beam clamp assembly, and a connector on the adaptor block for releasably attaching a workpiece clamping fixture to the adaptor block. A clamping system utilizing the adaptors may include one or a plurality of different types of beam clamp assemblies, each of which may have jaws which are differently configured, one or more adaptors, each having a fastener specially configured to facilitate releasable attachment to one of the plurality of different types of beam clamp assemblies, each of the adaptors also including a connector for releasably attaching a workpiece clamping fixture to the adaptor, and one or more workpiece clamping fixtures, each clamping fixture including a connector configured to engage the connector on any of the adaptors and facilitate releasable attachment of the clamping fixture to any of the adaptors. The clamping system allows a workpiece clamping fixture to be mounted onto any of a plurality of different beam clamp asse…
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