CLAMPING DEVICE Russian patent published in 1994 - IPC

FIELD: metal-and-wood working. SUBSTANCE: clamping device comprises two screw clamps 1 and 2, each made up of rod 3, 4, a pair of jaws 5, 6 and 7, 8 and clamping screw 9, 10 installed on one of jaws in each pair, for example on jaws 5 and 7. One of four jaws, for example jaw 6 of screw clamp 1 has an additional socket 11 for rod 4 of screw clamp 2 which is a rectangular hole whose axis is perpendicular to rod 3 of the same screw clamp. Rod jaws have transverse slots 12 for fixing the jaws in the required position. For better stiffness, rods are of an I-section. EFFECT: improved design. 2 cl, 5 dwg