Patent ID: 8177205
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
1. A device for displacing jaws of a spring biased clamp, the device comprising: a housing for receiving handles of the spring biased clamp, the housing having a first wall, a second wall, a third wall and a fourth wall and a platform positioned in the housing, wherein the first wall is opposite to and in facing relationship to the second wall; a force applying member acting on the platform to move the platform toward the first wall and away from the second wall to move the handles of the clamp toward one another against biasing action of a spring of the clamp and the jaws of the clamp away from one another, or to move the platform away from the first wall and toward the second wall to permit the handles of the clamp under the biasing action of the spring to move away from one another and the laws of the clamp to move toward one another; a control member to activate and deactivate the force applying member, wherein when the force applying member is activated the platform moves toward the first wall and when the force applying member is deactivated, the platform moves away from the first wall of the housing; a connecting member having a U-shaped first end portion, and the housing at a second opposite end portion of the connecting member, wherein the first wall of the housing is the second end portion of the connecting member, and wherein the force applying member is a piston moveable into and out of an end of a cylinder, wherein the end of the cylinder is mounted to a second wall of the housing; the end portion of the piston extends through the second wall of the housing, and the end of the piston is connected to the platform, and the control member is mounted on an end of a handle, wherein the end of the handle and the control member are mounted between legs of the U-shaped portion of the connecting member.