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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 01, 1997
David M Runk, Stillwater, MN (US);
Kenneth J Wilson, White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Jason A Doolittle, Shoreview, MN (US);
Wayne F Peloquin, Forest Lake, MN (US);
Richard L Timp, Vadnais Heights, MN (US);
Wilson Tool International, Inc., White Bear Lake, MN (US);
Abstract
A press brake tool holder having a horizontally elongated body having a support plate, and a horizontally elongated clamp having upper and lower portions and pivotally attached to the body between the upper and lower portions so as to capture between it and the support plate the upwardly extending shank of a brake press tool. A handle-operated cam shaft is carried by the body and is linked to the upper portion of the clamp by cam follower elements which provide a rigid linkage. Clamps may be thus mounted to both sides of the body, and each can be independently operated when the other is removed. The clamp is mounted to the body by means of mounting pins having articulating heads that are slidingly received in slots in the body, the slots having enlarged entryways enabling the clamp to be removed from or attached to the body by sliding the clamp with respect to the body to align the articulating heads with the slot entryways.