Measuring and testing – Specimen stress or strain – or testing by stress or strain... – Specimen clamp – holder – or support
Patent
1996-08-22
1999-10-12
Noland, Thomas P.
Measuring and testing
Specimen stress or strain, or testing by stress or strain...
Specimen clamp, holder, or support
G01N 302
Patent
active
059658231
ABSTRACT:
A test specimen holder for positioning a test specimen while protecting the hands and fingers of the user. In accordance with the present invention, a test specimen holder is provided having a main body with a handle portion located to the side of the main body. An adjustable fixed block and a spring-biased slidable blocking are provided in the main body. A pair of legs are disposed on opposite sides of the slidable and fixed blocks. A free space is provided between the two legs into which the test specimen fits and is engaged by the slidable and fixed blocks. The slidable and fixed blocks are provided with a variety of engagement surfaces, such as flat surfaces for planar specimens and notched surfaces having V-shaped grooves for cylindrical specimens. In operation, a test specimen is placed between the slidable and fixed blocks and held in place by the spring-biased slidable block holding the specimen against the fixed block. The entire specimen and specimen holder assembly is held by the handle portion of the main body and positioned between the movable and fixed jaws of the thermal mechanical testing machine. The movable jaw is moved along a testing machine jaw axis so as to engage with the test specimen and hold it in place against the fixed jaw. Once the specimen is properly engaged by the jaws, the holder device is gripped by the handle portion and pressed in the direction of a block axis transverse to the axis defined by the jaws. This compresses the springs biasing the movable block. As a result, the spacing between the slidable and fixed blocks is increased. The specimen holder can then be lifted up by the handle portion in a direction corresponding to a third axis transverse to the jaw axis and block axis until it disengages and clears the specimen. The holder is then removed from the testing zone and the specimen is left properly positioned between the testing machine jaws, ready to be tested.
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Chin Ernest
Hassett Donald
Ryan, Jr. Kenneth P.
Biffoni U. John
Clohan, Jr. Paul S.
Noland Thomas P.
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of
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