Patent ID: 8215180

Claim:
An apparatus for testing strength of an object, the apparatus comprising: a support platform; an installing mechanism comprising two opposite rail plates mounted to the platform, and a slidable plate slidably mounted between the rail plates; a force gauge fixed to the slidable plate; a clamp mechanism for clamping the object; a driving mechanism connected to the slidable plate to move the slidable plate and the force gauge; and a push-pull mechanism connected to the force gauge to be pushed or pulled by the force gauge and exerting push or pull force on the object; wherein the installing mechanism further comprises a drive block mounted to one end of the slidable plate which is adjacent to the driving mechanism; the driving mechanism comprises a support plate secured to the platform, a threaded shaft screwed through the support plate, an operating handle at one end of the threaded shaft, and a guiding sleeve mounted to the other end of the threaded shaft, the guiding sleeve is connected to the drive block; and wherein the drive block defines a T-shaped through slot, a flange is formed at a free end of the guiding sleeve to be received in the through slot of the drive block.