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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 16, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Carl R. Foreman, Rehoboth, MA (US);
Assignee:
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy, Washington, DC (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 2/100 ; E04G 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A44B 2/100 ; E04G 7/00 ;
Abstract
A clamp for cylindrical objects uses a plurality of split-rings, each of which has a first half-ring and a second half-ring. Each first half-ring is hingedly coupled to a corresponding second half-ring at a hinge point. Means, coupled to each first half-ring at a distance from the hinge point, are coupled to a control assembly. The control assembly is operated to apply one of a pulling force to each first half-ring to simultaneously open each of the split-rings, or a pushing force to each first half-ring to simultaneously close each of the split-rings.