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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 24, 2005
Bill D. Colburn, Arlington, WA (US);
Robert W. Allard, Everett, WA (US);
Robert D. Dixon, Everett, WA (US);
Bill D. Colburn, Arlington, WA (US);
Robert W. Allard, Everett, WA (US);
Robert D. Dixon, Everett, WA (US);
The Boeing Company, Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
A clamping apparatus includes a clamp arm that is pivotable between a raised position and a lowered position, and a clamp spindle assembly that is adjustably positionable along the length of the arm. A magnet in the clamp spindle assembly magnetically engages the clamp arm with sufficient magnetic force to maintain the spindle assembly in a selected position as the clamp arm is moved between its raised and lowered positions, while allowing the position of the clamp spindle assembly to be manually adjusted.