Patent ID: 6638150
Filing Date: 2003-10-28
Classification: B23D,B23Q,B27B,Y10T

Abstract:
Workpiece holder for presenting a succession of workpieces to a machining unit and holding the workpieces during a machining operation performed by the machining unit, the workpiece holder comprisingtwo continuous clamping chains, each of said clamping chains comprising a plurality of clamping jaws having clamping pockets, wherein the clamping pockets on a first clamping chain are arranged on the clamping chain so as to complement the clamping pockets on the other clamping chain and wherein the workpiece holder further includes a pressing means disposed alone a machining path and pressing said first clamping chain in a direction towards said other clamping chain, whereby each pair of the complementing clamping pockets is configured to clamp a separate workpiece from the succession of workpieces.