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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 1988
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1986
Applicant:
Inventor:
Klaus R Menzel, Orchard Lake, MI (US);
Assignee:
Schreiber Manufacturing Co., Inc., Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
269 32 ; 269 93 ; 269237 ; 269227 ; 2692 / ; 269232 ; 269234 ; 2692 / ;
Abstract
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 clamped position. A ramp is provided to guide the movement of a wedge which wedge movement controls the movement of a clamping member. A spring bias may be provided as an optional feature to assist in the self-locking. Release of the clamp requires the application of an external force to overcome the locking of the teeth.