Patent ID: 6877708

Claim:
A stand for clamping a rod-shaped part comprising a foot part having a seating region for an end of the rod-shaped part, the seating region being formed by a contoured wall, a plurality of holding elements disposed around an axis of symmetry, each of the holding elements being swivelable in a respective plane between an open position and a holding position, the planes intersecting approximately in the axis of symmetry, a tensioning device, a flexible connecting part tensioned by the tensioning device, the tensioning device being guided in the form of an approximately closed loop movably through all the holding elements, actuation of the tensioning device effecting swiveling of the holding elements from the open position into the holding position, a guiding part provided at the foot part, at least one end of the flexible connecting part being guided by the guiding part away from the loop and the axis of symmetry, the guiding part comprising a guiding block, the contoured wall having a recess in which the guiding block is received, the guiding block being in direct contact with the tensioning device, whereby a reaction force, corresponding to a tensile force, is transferred from the tensioning device to the foot part.