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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Stanley Black & Decker Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Inventor:
Gregory Tropea, Berlin, CT (US);
Assignee:
Stanley Black & Decker, Inc., New Britain, CT (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/00 (2006.01); B25B 1/06 (2006.01); B25B 1/02 (2006.01); B25B 5/02 (2006.01); B25B 5/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 1/06 (2013.01); B25B 1/02 (2013.01); B25B 5/02 (2013.01); B25B 5/068 (2013.01); Y10T 29/49998 (2015.01);
Abstract
Embodiments generally relate to a clamp. In one embodiment, the clamp includes a bar, and a first jaw, movable along the bar and positioned on a first side of the bar. The clamp also includes a second jaw positioned on the bar on a second side of the bar, opposite the first side. The clamp also includes an actuator for moving the first jaw toward the second jaw for clamping one or more workpieces, and the actuator includes one or more drive plates operatively coupled to the bar when the first jaw is in a driving mode.