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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2019
Filed:
Jul. 07, 2016
Imagine Tf, Llc, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Brian E. Richardson, Los Gatos, CA (US);
IMAGINE TF, LLC, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Abstract
A hold-down clamping apparatus comprising a hold-down clamp with body having a top lip and pair of guide legs disposed between a central screw in the body and a support having holes in vertical alignment with the legs and the screw for securing and holding down a sheet material for processing. The screw is threaded through the support screw hole as the legs are inserted within support holes until the top lips contacts the sheet material to hold down the material and to prevent twisting of the hold-down clamp. Supports with clamps may be fastened to tools or supports. In one embodiment, the support has a grid of holes for securing a plurality of materials with hold-down clamps. In another embodiment, the hold-down clamp comprises a top lip and a guide beam slotted in a support and secured.