Metal deforming – By or with work-constrainer and/or manipulated work-forcer
Patent
1981-06-26
1983-08-30
Larson, Lowell A.
Metal deforming
By or with work-constrainer and/or manipulated work-forcer
72705, 269 71, 269 78, 269203, 269900, B21D 112
Patent
active
044009690
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus secures a damaged vehicle for straightening with a vehicle straightening device. The apparatus includes a base and a mechanism for securely attaching the base to a support in a plurality of positions such that the base is in a fixed spatial relationship with respect to the vehicle straightening device in each position and is easily transferable from position to position. A clamping mechanism securely holds the vehicle by clamping a portion of the vehicle. A vertical positioning mechanism positions the clamping mechanism along a substantially vertical axis between the base and the vehicle portion to be clamped and a preferred horizontal positioning mechanism positions the clamping mechanism along a substantially horizontal plane. The clamping mechanism is pivotable about two separate pivot axes located between the base and the clamping mechanism. The clamping mechanism is positionable for clamping any portion of the vehicle in a continuum of spatial positions and securely holds the vehicle for straightening with the vehicle straightening device.
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Align-Tech, Inc.
Larson Lowell A.
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