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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2005
Filed:
May. 29, 2003
Applicants:
Edwin G. Sawdon, S. Clair, MI (US);
Andy Sanders, Marysville, MI (US);
Inventors:
Edwin G. Sawdon, S. Clair, MI (US);
Andy Sanders, Marysville, MI (US);
Assignee:
BTM Corporation, Marysville, MI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q003/08 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A powered clamp includes a pair of moveable members which engage one another to maintain, at least temporarily, a locking position of an arm when actuating fluid pressures have been decreased or lost. In another aspect of the present invention, the apparatus is simplified by engaging a slide rod with a rotatable hub. Furthermore, the overall packaging envelope required by the clamp is reduced by aligning the transverse axis of the rotatable hub with a longitudinal axis of an actuator.