Patent ID: 8534657

Claim:
A clamping system for holding a work piece during machining processes wherein all edges of the work piece are able to be machined using a cutting tool without stopping the process to move or reposition said work piece comprising: A: a plurality of clamps capable of retracting to clear said cutting tool each plurality of clamps comprising; a base having two pivot hole locations and a spherical pivot; a linkone attached to base at pivot hole one with a pivotpin; a linktwo attached to said linkone with a pivotpin; a linkthree attached at hole one to said linktwo with a pivotpin using the remaining linktwo hole; linkthree attached at the middle hole to second base pivot hole with a pivotpin; a cablejacketpivot attached to the remaining hole of linkthree; a push/pull cable assembly with cable jacket attached to said cablejacketpivot and internal cable attached to said spherical pivot; a means of actuating said internal cable relative to said jacket for actuating said clamp; B: a means of tracking the work piece location; C: a plurality of valves; D: a controller programmed to actuate each valve in response to the work piece position; E: an operator interface for manually actuating the valves; and F: said operator interface for indicating a location for retracting each said clamp.