Patent ID: 6450465
Filing Date: 2002-09-17
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
A multi-jaw clamp for cylindrical rods of different diameters comprising:a pair of housings with interconnecting means for allowing relative movement of said housings in a direction away from each other and clamping the housings toward each other; a cylinder rotatably mounted in each housing on an axis of rotation substantially perpendicular to said relative movement direction, said axes of rotation of the two said cylinders being substantially parallel when the housings are clamped toward each other; and each said cylinder having at least two cylindrically curved surfaces formed in sides of and extending laterally across a cylindrical periphery of said cylinder with an axis of each cylindrically curved surface being in a plane perpendicular to said cylinder axis, said at least two cylindrically curved surfaces being at circumferentially spaced locations on said cylinder, and said at least two cylindrically curved surfaces being of different diameters that are substantially the different diameters of the cylindrical rods for fitting on the rods.