Patent ID: 6227528
Filing Date: 2001-05-08
Classification: B25B

Abstract:
A device for clamping one or more work pieces, the device comprising:a plurality of threaded elongate members of different lengths, each elongate member having opposite ends;a first clamping member and a second clamping member, both of said first and second clamping members being removably locatable on any of a selected one of the plural elongate members to form a clamping zone between said first and second clamping members; anda clamping plate attached to each of the first and second clamping members and arranged for clamping one or more work pieces between the clamping plates within a clamping zone,the first clamping member and the second clamping member being movably arranged so that a relative position between the first and second clamping members is continuously variable,the first clamping member including a thread engagement means movable between an engaged position for cooperatively engaging the selected one of the plural elongate members and a released position for releasing from engagement with said selected elongate member,wherein, in use, at said released position the first clamping member is slidable along the selected elongate member for positioning the first clamping member towards or away from the one or more work pieces, and at said engaged position the engagement means is rotatable for continuously varying the position of the clamping plate of the first clamping member relative to the clamping plate of the second clamping member.