Metal deforming – With means to handle work or product – By gripper and/or endless chain
Patent
1995-03-01
1997-03-25
Larson, Lowell A.
Metal deforming
With means to handle work or product
By gripper and/or endless chain
72705, 24822911, B21D 112
Patent
active
056133979
DESCRIPTION:
BRIEF SUMMARY
The present invention relates to a device for fixing a vehicle to an automobile body straightening bench, at which a car body rim by means of two clamp jaws at each point of fixation is fixed to a beam that horizontally and essentially perpendiculary extends from the automobile body straightener.
At prior art devices of said type, e.g. in accordance with WO, A, 8911354, the fixation of the vehicle body at each point of fixation is performed by means of a screw fastening and one single tightening action at each point of fixation. The clamp jaws are fixed to the rim at the same time as the fastening devices are locked to the beam.
To attain the desired result at the straightening, it is important that the clamps jaws first are fixed to the car body rim and thereafter to the beam. However, at the prior art devices the fixation of clamp jaws to the car body rim is performed at the same time as the fastening device is clamped to the beam, which might cause undesired stretching strain.
The aim of the present invention is to provide a device of said type by means of which the fixing of the vehicle body at each point of fixation is accomplished so that the clamp jaws by means of a single tightening action first of all are fixed to the car body rim and thereafter to the beam. This is attained in that said clamp jaws at their respective outer ends are linked by a pair of scissor arms, which are pivotally connected at two opposed connection points, whose imagined junction line is parallel to the longitudinal directions of the clamp; in that the pair of scissor arms for one clamp jaw are linked by a yoke, which is parallel to the junction line and in the middle of which there is a boring that is perpendicular to the yoke, in which boring at least one threaded bolt is driven; in that the scissor arms for the other clamp jaws are linked by a plate that is arranged to form a holding-up tool against the upper side of said beam and according to the characterizing portion of the invention in that said first yoke is pivotally mounted in the scissor arms for one clamp jaw; in that the ends of the scissor arms for the other clamp jaw are pivotally connected to two mutually parallel slewing brackets by means of a shaft that is parallel to the junction line, whereby the other ends of the slewing bracket rotatably support a second yoke, which is parallel to the junction line and which is provided with a tapped, drilled hole, in which said screw is arranged to be fitted; in that torsion springs operate between the scissor arms of the second clamp jaw and the slewing brackets and in that the slewing brackets in connection with said shaft are formed with excentric surfaces, which are arranged to provide friction against the lower side of said beam when the screws gradually are tightened.
In the following, the invention will be explained with reference to the attached drawing, which schematically in a perspective illustrates how a car body rim is fixed by means of a device according to the invention, whereby FIG. 1 displays how the clamp locks a car body rim while maintaining its movability along the beam and FIG. 2 shows how the device according to the invention is locked in relation to the beam.
In the drawing, 1 generally indicates an embodiment of a device according to the invention, of which four are used in a conventional car body straightening bench (not shown). The device is mounted from a beam 2, which extends perpendiculary and horisontally from the straightening bench.
The device 1 includes two clamp jaws 3, 4 which are intended to clamp a rim 5, which conventionally is placed near the door sill of the vehicle and functions as a reference for straigtening of a vehicle that has been deformed in a traffic accident or the like, as is well known to the person skilled in the art.
Near their respective outer ends the clamp jaws 3, 4 are connected by a pair of scissor arms 3a, 3b, and 4a, 4b respectively, which are pivotally connected at two connection points 6a, 6b, e.g. by means of screws through the scissor arms. An imagined j
REFERENCES:
patent: 5035135 (1991-07-01), Makela
patent: 5040402 (1991-08-01), Vierto
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