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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 1996
Filed:
Sep. 09, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Gerald A Brown, Trenton, MI (US);
William M Faitel, Oxford, MI (US);
Assignee:
Western Atlas, Inc., Hebron, KY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16M / ; B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
403322 ; 248510 ; 248550 ; 248681 ; 403 24 ; 403321 ; 403323 ;
Abstract
Clamping mechanism for clamping a plate to a base comprises an arm having a clamp head on one end and a sleeve slidably receiving the arm. The sleeve is mounted for rotation on an axis perpendicular to the arm. A drive is provided to rotate the sleeve from a first position to a second position in which the arm is disposed with its head in position to clamp the plate to the base and to slide the arm through the sleeve when the sleeve is in the second position to draw the head tightly against the plate and clamp it to the base.