Patent ID: 6416046
Filing Date: 2002-07-09
Classification: B25B,B25H

Abstract:
A clamping workbench comprising a main pair of jaws, a support carrying the main jaws, a workbench drive means operable to move the main jaws in a direction towards and away from one another, and further comprising detachable supplementary clamping jaw means fitted to the main jaws and comprising supplementary jaws and a linkage, the linkage extending between the supplementary jaw means and the main jaws and being operatively connected to the main jaws, wherein the linkage constitutes a second drive means, and wherein upon operation of the workbench drive means, the operative connection serves to translate the motion of the main jaws into a movement perpendicular to the main jaw motion, the operative connection being such as to accommodate and translate movement of the main jaws both towards and away form each other, and wherein the or each supplementary jaw means includes a retaining device for engaging the underside of one of the main jaws to prevent the supplementary jaw means from lifting off the main jaws.