Patent ID: 6644636
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A device for adapting a spring clamp for use as an edge clamp, said spring clamp being of the type having two lever bars pivotally attached to each other by a pivot pin in a central area, and two clamping jaws, one each at a first end of a respective bar of said two lever bars, two grippers, one each at a second end of said respective bar, and a jaw cavity of a certain depth formable between said jaw end and said central area, wherein said spring clamp has a longitudinal axis that extends between said two clamping jaws, through a pivot point defined by said pivot pin, and said two clamping jaws provide mutually opposing normal forces against each other, said device comprising:two adapter ends and an intermediate section therebetween; wherein said intermediate section is essentially a strip of flexible material and each one of said adapter ends is removably attachable to a respective one of said two clamping jaws, and wherein said intermediate section forms a clamping means that exerts an edge-clamping force in said jaw cavity in a direction toward said two jaw ends, perpendicular to said mutually opposing normal forces of said jaw ends, and coaxial with said longitudinal axis; and wherein said adapter ends and said intermediate section are formed as a single piece from elastic material, wherein said two adapter ends are two pockets, and wherein each one of said two pockets slips over a respective one of said two clamping jaws.