Patent ID: 8813326

Claim:
A compression apparatus comprising: an upper nest arm connected to a rigid rod at a first end of the rigid rod, where the upper nest arm comprises an upper nest arm mounting feature configured to receive a first end of a compressible body, and where the upper nest arm mounting feature is shaped to fit the contours of the first end of the compressible body; a lower nest arm connected to a second end of the rigid rod, where the lower nest arm has a lower nest arm mounting feature configured to receive the second end of the compressible body; and a lower nest arm driver mechanism configured to cause the lower nest arm to traverse the rigid rod relative to the upper nest arm, where the lower nest arm comprises a bushing cutout to provide clearance for a bushing, where the lower nest arm is configured with a lower nest arm dowel opening and the bushing is configured with a matching bushing dowel opening, and where the lower nest arm dowel opening and the matching bushing dowel opening are located so that a lower nest arm dowel passes through both the lower nest arm dowel opening and the matching bushing dowel opening to affix the lower nest arm to the bushing.