Patent ID: 8011648

Claim:
Clamping apparatus comprising: (a) a work-piece support table having an array of precisely spaced threaded holes for receiving clamping screws therein; (b) an elongated clamping member having a longitudinal axis, and movable over said work-piece support table along said longitudinal axis for pressing an edge portion of said elongated clamping member against a work-piece upon said work-piece support table in turn pressed against a work-piece stop member; and (c) wherein a plurality of interconnected screw head receiving portions are formed within a slot within said elongated clamping member extending along said longitudinal axis for receiving a screw-head of a clamping screw that presses against a part of a particular selected screw-head receiving portion of said plurality of screw head receiving portions, that in turn causes a first edge portion of said clamping member to press against a work-piece upon said work-piece support table.