Patent ID: 9724806
Date: 2017-08-08
CPC Classifications: B23Q,B25B

Claim:
1. A device, for clamping a workpiece to a workbench, comprising: a first face for securing by vacuum to a workbench and a second face for securing by vacuum a workpiece, wherein said device comprises a body having a bottom containing a vacuum-generating means connected to said first face for securing by vacuum to the workbench, wherein said body has a lower cavity opening to said first face and configured for securing by vacuum to the workbench, said cavity being also configured as a vacuum reserve which can be connected to said second face by a substantially straight duct, which opening is controlled via a valve, in such a way that when said duct is opened, said duct suction at said second securing face, so that the gripping of the workpiece occurs instantaneously, with any water and impurities being sucked into and trapped in said vacuum reserve.