Patent ID: 9039056
Filing Date: 2015-05-26
Classification: F16G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A clamp block for gripping a tensile implement that is substantially cylindrical comprising: a. a grip base having a top surface that is substantially planar; b. a pair of blocks, each one of the blocks of the pair of blocks having a bottom surface that is substantially planar fixed to the grip base and also having an inner side surface that is perpendicular to the grip base and defined by a plane, the planes of the respective blocks intersecting at an acute angle; c. a plurality of pairs of wedges, each one of the wedges of each of the pairs of wedges of the plurality of wedges having d. wherein the diameter of the cylindrical void is different for each pair of wedges and the diameter of the cylindrical void is approximately equal to the diameter of the tensile implement.