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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:
Jul. 04, 2000
Filed:
May. 20, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Sergio Magrini, Modena, IT;
Assignee:
New Holland North America, Inc., New Holland, PA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
188 67 ; 74493 ; 292305 ; 4033743 ;
Abstract
A clamping device is disclosed for attachment to two elements in order to clamp the two elements in any desired relative position. The clamping device comprising a rod for attachment to one element and a collar for attachment to the other element and having an aperture through which the rod passes with clearance. A locking member mounted on the collar at a position spaced from the aperture along the axis of the rod is adjustable manually to apply a force between the collar and the rod in a direction to cause the collar to tilt relative to the rod, so as to jam the rod in the aperture.