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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2000
Filed:
Mar. 31, 1998
Jurg Eberle, Hinwill, CH;
IPT Weinfelden AG, Weinfelden, DE;
Abstract
Wires (D.4 to D.9) or objects similar 10 wires are fixed in predetermined positions by a device with pairs of clamping jaws (3.4/4.4 to 3.9/4.9). The device has at least two flat jaw elements (3, 4) lying against each other and being at least restrictedly slewable against each other around a center (M) and it further has holders (20). Each of the jaw elements (3, 4) has one clamping jaw (3.4 to 3.9, 4.4 to 4.9) for each one of a plurality of fixing points arranged on a circle (K.3) around the center (M) which clamping jaws are designed for exerting tangential clamping forces directed tangentially to the circle (K.3) on wires (D.4 to D.9) fixed in the fixing points. Hereby, clockwise clamping forces are exertable with the one jaw element and counter-clockwise clamping forces are exertable with the other jaw element. By slewing the jaw elements (3, 4) against each other the pairs of jaws are opened and closed. With arrangements of fixing points which have a symmetry-plane (S) the jaw elements represent mirrored images of each other, i.e. they are identical and are arranged relative to each other with one of them turned by 180.degree..