Patent ID: 6655673
Filing Date: 2003-12-02
Classification: B25B,Y10S

Abstract:
A power clamp apparatus, comprised of,a single metal body with an interior cavity running there through a unit assembly which is inserted into said interior cavity, and said unit assembly including; a piston for slidable back and forth movement within said cavity; a lower portion of said cavity acting as a chamber for said piston; a piston rod connected to said piston; a floating head member on the piston rod; a link mechanism connected proximate to an upper end of said piston rod; a lower cap member which closes off said cavity near a bottom end of said metal body; an upper cap member which closes off the metal body proximate to a top end thereof after said unit assembly is inserted into said cavity; a drive shaft inserted through apertures in a generally transverse position through said metal body, with a central portion of said drive shaft inside the metal body being connected to an end of said link mechanism; a clamp arm attached to said drive shaft on the outside of said metal body; and wherein when said piston rod attached to said link mechanism is moved from its retracted position to its extended position, it causes the clamp arm to be moved between an open position and a clamped positioned relative to a work piece being clamped.