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Clamping device

US9274035B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJan 22, 2013
Grant dateMar 1, 2016
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2033

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG01N2203/0282
  • WIPO fieldMeasurement
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A clamping device for clamping a flat material test sample while a material test is carried out is provided. The clamping device includes a substantially cylindrical clamping part, from the free end of which there extends a receiving slot for receiving the material test sample, a pressure ring surrounding the clamping part in the region of the receiving slot, and a pressure sleeve provided between the clamping part and the pressure ring, the pressure sleeve is formed and actuable such that, under radial expansion, it connects the clamping part and the pressure ring together and clamps the material test sample held in the receiving slot.

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