Clamp for machining unmanned vehicle shell

By using the principle of like poles repulsion of magnetic blocks and strips and an anti-loss rope design in the machining fixture for the unmanned vehicle body, the problem of the existing fixture structure being large and difficult to maintain has been solved, achieving stable clamping and cost reduction.

CN223849046UActive Publication Date: 2026-01-30NANJING CHUANGFENG PRECISION SHEET METAL MFG CO LTD
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Application Number
CN202520200311.6
Authority / Receiving Office
CN · China
Patent Type
Utility models(China)
Current Assignee / Owner
Filing Date
2025-02-09
Publication Date
2026-01-30
Estimated Expiration
2035-02-09

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Technical Problem

Existing unmanned vehicle shell processing fixtures are bulky, have many parts, are costly, and are difficult to maintain, making it difficult to stably clamp shell components of various shapes and sizes.

Method used

The system employs a magnetic block and magnetic strip structure between the lower and upper supports, utilizing the principle of magnetic pole repulsion to prevent the clamp from loosening and rotating. Combined with anti-loss ropes and protective pads, it enhances safety and stability. Electromagnets are used to control clamping and releasing.

Benefits of technology

The fixture design achieves high clamping stability, simple structure, and easy maintenance, avoiding displacement and rotation of the housing during processing and reducing costs.

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Abstract

The utility model discloses a clamp for machining an unmanned vehicle shell, and relates to the technical field of unmanned vehicle machining, the clamp comprises a lower support and an upper support, and an anti-lost rope and a power line are respectively connected between the lower support and the upper support; the top of the lower support and the bottom of the upper support are connected with protective pads. Through the arrangement of the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip, firstly, the unmanned vehicle shell plate is placed at the top of the lower support, and then the upper support is placed at the top of the unmanned vehicle shell plate; then a first magnetic block, a second magnetic block, a first magnetic strip and a second magnetic strip in the upper support and the lower support are all started, magnetic attraction force is generated after the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip are started, and at the moment, the lower support and the upper support are always close to each other so as to clamp the unmanned vehicle shell plate; the clamping device is simple in structure, convenient to operate, small in size, small in number of parts, convenient to overhaul, good in limiting effect, quite stable in clamping and not prone to loosening.
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TECHNICAL FIELD

[0001] The utility model relates to unmanned vehicle processing technical field, concretely is a kind of fixture for unmanned vehicle shell processing. BACKGROUND

[0002] Unmanned vehicle is that nobody operates on vehicle, realizes unmanned driving by staff remote control driving or by program, can be used in logistics field, unmanned vehicle is mainly composed of shell, controller, battery, driving mechanism and other components, wherein the shell of unmanned vehicle is mainly formed by plate stamping or bending, the shell of head position has various arc and slope surface to reduce wind resistance, the shell of parking position is more square and contains more goods, the shell of unmanned vehicle needs to be drilled, sprayed, assembled, polished, shaped and formed during production process, various clamps are used to clamp and limit the shell of unmanned vehicle, so as to avoid the shell of unmanned vehicle from displacement during processing process and affect processing precision.

[0003] The existing fixture for unmanned vehicle shell processing usually adopts manual or automatic clamping mode, and is divided into threaded clamping, pneumatic clamping, hydraulic clamping, electric clamping and the like, the structure is relatively simple, a plurality of execution elements directly or indirectly drive the displacement of clamp to clamp the shell of unmanned vehicle;But in actual processing process, the shell of unmanned vehicle is connected by a plurality of shell parts, various shell parts have various sizes and shapes, so that the corresponding adjusting structure of clamp is needed, the existence of adjusting structure leads to that the size of entire clamp is very large and the parts are more, so that the cost is higher and is not conducive to maintenance. UTILITY MODEL CONTENT

[0004] Therefore, the utility model aims at providing a kind of fixture for unmanned vehicle shell processing to solve the technical problems mentioned in the above background art.

[0005] To achieve the above-mentioned purpose, the utility model provides the following technical scheme: a kind of fixture for unmanned vehicle shell processing, including lower support and upper support, the lower support is connected with the upper support respectively with anti-lost rope and power line;The lower support top and upper support bottom are connected with protective pad;The lower support and upper support inside are equipped with first magnetic block, second magnetic block, first magnetic strip and second magnetic strip.

[0006] By adopting the technical scheme, when clamping is needed, the staff places the unmanned vehicle shell plate on the top of the lower support, and then the staff places the upper support on the top of the unmanned vehicle shell plate; during this period, the setting of the anti-loss rope avoids the loss of the upper support and the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip inside the upper support, thereby improving safety, and the anti-loss rope is a steel wire rope with high material strength and resistance to pulling, and finally the staff turns on all the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip inside the upper support and the lower support, and the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip generate magnetic attraction force after being started, at this time the lower support and the upper support always approach each other to clamp the unmanned vehicle shell plate; at the same time, the setting of the protective pad avoids wear between the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip and the unmanned vehicle shell plate, which causes damage to the magnets, and can increase the friction coefficient between the magnets and the unmanned vehicle shell plate, further avoiding displacement of the unmanned vehicle shell plate during processing; since the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block and the second magnetic block are opposite, and since the second magnetic block is wrapped around the periphery of the first magnetic block, when the upper support is forced to horizontally displace, the first magnetic block in the lower support will generate a repulsive force on the second magnetic block in the upper support due to the same repulsion, and the second magnetic block in the lower support will generate a repulsive force on the first magnetic block in the upper support, thereby avoiding horizontal displacement of the upper support causing loosening displacement of the unmanned vehicle shell plate; since the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip are opposite, and since the plurality of first magnetic strips and the plurality of second magnetic strips are staggered, when the upper support is forced to rotate on the horizontal plane, the first magnetic strip in the lower support will generate a repulsive force on the second magnetic strip in the upper support due to the same repulsion, and the second magnetic strip in the lower support will generate a repulsive force on the first magnetic strip in the upper support, thereby avoiding rotation of the upper support on the horizontal plane causing rotation of the unmanned vehicle shell plate.

[0007] Further, the protective pad is made of silica gel material, and the surface of the protective pad is rough.

[0008] By adopting the technical scheme, through the setting of the protective pad, first, wear between the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip and the unmanned vehicle shell plate is avoided, which causes damage to the magnets, and second, the friction coefficient between the magnets and the unmanned vehicle shell plate can be increased, further avoiding displacement of the unmanned vehicle shell plate during processing.

[0009] Further, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block and the second magnetic block are opposite, and the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip are opposite.

[0010] By adopting the technical scheme, horizontal displacement between the upper support and the lower support is avoided by the principle of same polarity repulsion between the first magnetic block and the second magnetic block, and horizontal rotation between the upper support and the lower support is avoided by the principle of same polarity repulsion between the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip, so that the stability of clamping is ensured to avoid structural loose displacement and rotation.

[0011] Further, the first magnetic block is in a disc shape, and the second magnetic block is in a ring shape.

[0012] By adopting the technical scheme, since the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block and the second magnetic block are opposite, and since the second magnetic block is wrapped around the periphery of the first magnetic block, when the upper support wants to horizontally displace under stress, the first magnetic block in the lower support will generate repulsion to the second magnetic block in the upper support due to same polarity repulsion, and the second magnetic block in the lower support will generate repulsion to the first magnetic block in the upper support, thereby avoiding loose displacement of the unmanned vehicle shell plate caused by horizontal displacement of the upper support.

[0013] Further, the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip are both provided with a plurality of first magnetic strips and a plurality of second magnetic strips, and the plurality of first magnetic strips and the plurality of second magnetic strips are staggered.

[0014] By adopting the technical scheme, since the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip are opposite, and since the plurality of first magnetic strips and the plurality of second magnetic strips are staggered, when the upper support wants to rotate on a horizontal plane under stress, the first magnetic strip in the lower support will generate repulsion to the second magnetic strip in the upper support due to same polarity repulsion, and the second magnetic strip in the lower support will generate repulsion to the first magnetic strip in the upper support, thereby avoiding rotation of the unmanned vehicle shell plate caused by rotation of the upper support on the horizontal plane.

[0015] Further, the first magnetic block, the second magnetic block, the first magnetic strip, and the second magnetic strip are all electromagnets.

[0016] By adopting the technical scheme, since the four kinds of magnets are all electromagnets, clamping and loosening can be controlled by on-off electricity, thereby facilitating clamping and dismounting of the unmanned vehicle shell plate.

[0017] Further, the lower support is fixed with a base at the bottom, and the base is connected with a rib plate on both sides, and the base is provided with mounting holes on both sides at the bottom.

[0018] By adopting the technical scheme, the staff places the base on the workbench, then the staff threads the bolt through the mounting hole and tightens it, thereby completing the fixation of the base, so that the lower support is stably placed, and the structure strength of the base is increased by the rib plate to avoid bending and deformation of the base.

[0019] Further, the anti-lost rope is a steel wire rope.

[0020] By adopting the technical scheme, the anti-loss ropes are steel ropes, high in material strength and resistant to pulling, and the structural strength is further improved by increasing the number of the anti-loss ropes, so that the service life is long and the magnets can be effectively prevented from being lost.

[0021] Further, the anti-loss ropes are provided in plurality and equidistantly distributed.

[0022] By adopting the technical scheme, the structural strength is further improved by increasing the number of the anti-loss ropes, so that the service life is long and the magnets can be effectively prevented from being lost.

[0023] Further, the length of the power supply line is greater than that of the anti-loss rope.

[0024] By adopting the technical scheme, since the length of the anti-loss rope is less than that of the power supply line, the anti-loss rope bears the pulling force, so that the power supply line is prevented from being damaged or falling off due to pulling when the upper support is carried.

[0025] In summary, the utility model mainly has the following beneficial effects:

[0026] 1、The utility model discloses a first magnetic block, second magnetic block, first magnetic strip and second magnetic strip are arranged, first, the unmanned vehicle shell plate material is placed at the top of the lower support, then the upper support is placed at the top of the unmanned vehicle shell plate material, then the first magnetic block, second magnetic block, first magnetic strip and second magnetic strip in the upper support and lower support are all opened, the first magnetic block, second magnetic block, first magnetic strip and second magnetic strip generate magnetic attraction after starting, at this moment, the lower support and the upper support always approach each other to clamp the unmanned vehicle shell plate material, because the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block and the second magnetic block are opposite, and because the second magnetic block is wrapped around the periphery of the first magnetic block, when the upper support is forced to horizontally displace, because the same kind repels each other, the first magnetic block in the lower support will generate repulsion to the second magnetic block in the upper support, and the second magnetic block in the lower support will generate repulsion to the first magnetic block in the upper support, thereby avoiding the horizontal displacement of the upper support from causing the unmanned vehicle shell plate material to loosen and displace, because the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip and the second magnetic strip are opposite, and because the plurality of first magnetic strips and the plurality of second magnetic strips are staggered, when the upper support is forced to rotate on the horizontal plane, because the same kind repels each other, the first magnetic strip in the lower support will generate repulsion to the second magnetic strip in the upper support, and the second magnetic strip in the lower support will generate repulsion to the first magnetic strip in the upper support, thereby avoiding the rotation of the upper support on the horizontal plane from causing the unmanned vehicle shell plate material to rotate, the structure is simple and convenient to operate, the size is small, the components are few, convenient to overhaul, and the limiting effect is good, the clamping is very stable and not easy to loosen.

[0027] 2、The utility model discloses a protective pad is set up, one is to avoid the first magnetic block, second magnetic block, first magnetic stripe and second magnetic stripe and unmanned vehicle shell panelboard between the abrasion that causes magnet damage, two can increase the friction coefficient between magnet and unmanned vehicle shell panelboard, further avoid the displacement phenomenon of unmanned vehicle shell panelboard in the processing process, improve stability;

[0028] 3、The utility model discloses a setting of anti -loss rope, avoid upper support and the first magnetic block, second magnetic block, first magnetic stripe and second magnetic stripe inside upper support lose, thereby improve security, and the anti -loss rope is steel wire rope, and material strength is high and is resistant to pull, and the service life is longer can effectively prevent magnet loss, avoid upper support loss. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS

[0029] Figure 1 It is the structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0030] Figure 2 It is the section structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0031] Figure 3 It is the lower support explosion structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0032] Figure 4 It is the upper support explosion structure schematic diagram of the utility model;

[0033] Figure 5 It is the first magnetic stripe explosion structure schematic diagram of the utility model.

[0034] In the drawing: 1, lower support;2, upper support;3, protective pad;4, anti -loss rope;5, power cord;6, base;7, mounting hole;8, rib plate;9, first magnetic block;10, second magnetic block;11, first magnetic stripe;12, second magnetic stripe. DETAILED DESCRIPTION

[0035] The technical scheme in the embodiment of the utility model will be described clearly and completely in combination with the drawings in the embodiment of the utility model. The embodiment described below is exemplary and is used for explaining the utility model only, and cannot be understood as the limitation of the utility model.

[0036] The embodiment will be described below according to the overall structure of the utility model.

[0037] Embodiment one:

[0038] A kind of clamp for unmanned vehicle shell processing, such as Figures 1-5As shown, including the lower support 1 and upper support 2, the lower support 1 and the upper support 2 are connected with the anti-lost rope 4 and the power cord 5 respectively, the anti-lost rope 4 is a steel wire rope, through the setting of the anti-lost rope 4, the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 inside the upper support 2 are avoided to be lost, thereby improving the safety, and the anti-lost rope 4 is a steel wire rope, the material strength is high and the pulling is resisted; The top of the lower support 1 and the bottom of the upper support 2 are connected with the protective pad 3, the protective pad 3 is made of silica gel material, the surface of the protective pad 3 is rough, through the setting of the protective pad 3, first, the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 and the unmanned vehicle shell plate are avoided to be abraded to cause the magnet to be damaged, second, the friction coefficient between the magnet and the unmanned vehicle shell plate can be increased, further avoiding the displacement phenomenon of the unmanned vehicle shell plate in the processing process; The first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are installed inside the lower support 1 and the upper support 2, the first magnetic block 9 is disc-shaped, the second magnetic block 10 is ring-shaped, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block 9 and the second magnetic block 10 are opposite, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are provided with a plurality of, the plurality of first magnetic strips 11 and the plurality of second magnetic strips 12 are staggered, the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are opposite, the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are all electromagnets, since the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block 9 and the second magnetic block 10 are opposite, and since the second magnetic block 10 is wrapped around the periphery of the first magnetic block 9, when the upper support 2 is forced to horizontally displace, since the same kind repels, the first magnetic block 9 in the lower support 1 will generate repulsion to the second magnetic block 10 in the upper support 2, and the second magnetic block 10 in the lower support 1 will generate repulsion to the first magnetic block 9 in the upper support 2, thereby avoiding the horizontal displacement of the upper support 2 to cause the unmanned vehicle shell plate to be loose and displace; Since the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are opposite, and since the plurality of first magnetic strips 11 and the plurality of second magnetic strips 12 are staggered, when the upper support 2 is forced to rotate on the horizontal plane, since the same kind repels, the first magnetic strip 11 in the lower support 1 will generate repulsion to the second magnetic strip 12 in the upper support 2, and the second magnetic strip 12 in the lower support 1 will generate repulsion to the first magnetic strip 11 in the upper support 2, thereby avoiding the rotation of the upper support 2 on the horizontal plane to cause the unmanned vehicle shell plate to rotate.

[0039] Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the above embodiment, the bottom of the lower support 1 is fixed with the base 6, the both sides of the base 6 are connected with the rib plate 8, the both sides of the bottom of the base 6 are provided with the installation hole 7, the worker places the base 6 on the workbench, then the worker passes the bolt through the installation hole 7 and tightens, thereby completing the fixation of the base 6, the lower support 1 is stably placed, at the same time, the structure strength of the base 6 is increased through the rib plate 8, the base 6 is avoided to be bent and deformed.

[0040] Example 2:

[0041] Based on the above embodiment one, in order to further increase the structural strength, the following settings are now adopted.

[0042] See Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the above embodiments, multiple anti-loss ropes 4 are provided, and the multiple anti-loss ropes 4 are equally distributed. By increasing the number of anti-loss ropes 4, the structural strength is further improved, the service life is longer, and the magnet can be effectively prevented from being lost.

[0043] Example 3:

[0044] Based on the above embodiment 1, in order to prevent the power cord 5 from being torn off or pulled out, the following settings are now implemented.

[0045] See Figure 1 and Figure 2 In the above embodiment, the length of the power cord 5 is greater than the length of the anti-loss rope 4. Since the length of the anti-loss rope 4 is less than the length of the power cord 5, the anti-loss rope 4 bears the pulling force, thus preventing the power cord 5 from being pulled and damaged or falling off when it is moved onto the support 2.

[0046] The implementation principle of this utility model is as follows: First, the worker places the base 6 on the workbench, then the worker passes the bolt through the mounting hole 7 and tightens it, thereby fixing the base 6 and placing the lower bracket 1 stably. At the same time, the rib plate 8 increases the structural strength of the base 6 and prevents the base 6 from bending and deforming. It should be noted that if the size of the unmanned vehicle shell plate is large, several of these clamps can be placed on the workbench to achieve a better clamping effect through multi-point clamping. In addition, for the sake of easy display of the structure, the length of the anti-loss rope 4 and the power cord 5 appears to be short. In actual application, the length of the anti-loss rope 4 and the power cord 5 should be longer so that they can be wrapped around the side of the plate to facilitate placing the upper bracket 2 on the top of the unmanned vehicle shell plate.

[0047] When clamping is needed, the worker places the unmanned vehicle shell plate on the top of the lower support 1, and then the worker places the upper support 2 on the top of the unmanned vehicle shell plate; during this period, the setting of the anti-loss rope 4 avoids the loss of the upper support 2 and the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 inside the upper support 2, thereby improving safety, and the anti-loss rope 4 is a steel wire rope, which has high material strength and is resistant to pulling, and the number of anti-loss ropes 4 is increased to further improve the structural strength and have a long service life, which can effectively prevent the loss of magnets, and because the length of the anti-loss rope 4 is less than the length of the power cord 5, the anti-loss rope 4 bears the pulling force, avoiding the phenomenon that the power cord 5 is damaged or falls off when carrying the upper support 2; finally, the worker turns on all the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 inside the upper support 2 and the lower support 1, and the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 generate magnetic attraction force after being started, at this time the lower support 1 and the upper support 2 always approach each other to clamp the unmanned vehicle shell plate; at the same time, the setting of the protective pad 3 can avoid wear between the first magnetic block 9, the second magnetic block 10, the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 and the unmanned vehicle shell plate, which can cause damage to the magnets, and can increase the friction coefficient between the magnets and the unmanned vehicle shell plate, further avoiding the displacement of the unmanned vehicle shell plate during processing;

[0048] Because the magnetic poles of the first magnetic block 9 and the second magnetic block 10 are opposite, and because the second magnetic block 10 is wrapped around the periphery of the first magnetic block 9, when the upper support 2 is forced to horizontally displace, the first magnetic block 9 in the lower support 1 will generate a repulsive force on the second magnetic block 10 in the upper support 2 due to the same repulsion, and the second magnetic block 10 in the lower support 1 will generate a repulsive force on the first magnetic block 9 in the upper support 2, thereby avoiding the horizontal displacement of the upper support 2 causing the unmanned vehicle shell plate to loosen and displace;

[0049] Because the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are opposite, and because the first magnetic strip 11 and the second magnetic strip 12 are staggered, when the upper support 2 is forced to rotate on the horizontal plane, the first magnetic strip 11 in the lower support 1 will generate a repulsive force on the second magnetic strip 12 in the upper support 2 due to the same repulsion, and the second magnetic strip 12 in the lower support 1 will generate a repulsive force on the first magnetic strip 11 in the upper support 2, thereby avoiding the rotation of the upper support 2 on the horizontal plane causing the unmanned vehicle shell plate to rotate.

[0050] Although the embodiments of the utility model have been shown and described, the specific embodiments are only the explanation of the utility model, and are not the limitation of the utility model, the specific features, structures, materials or characteristics described can be combined in any one or more embodiments or examples in a suitable way, the person skilled in the art can make the modification, replacement and change of no creative contribution to the embodiment according to the need after reading the specification without departing from the principle and the purpose of the utility model, but as long as in the patent right claim range of the utility model, it is protected by the patent law.

Claims

1. A fixture for processing unmanned vehicle shell, comprising a lower support (1) and an upper support (2), characterized in that: The lower support (1) and the upper support (2) are connected with a loss prevention rope (4) and a power cord (5) respectively; the top of the lower support (1) and the bottom of the upper support (2) are connected with a protective pad (3); the lower support (1) and the upper support (2) are internally provided with a first magnetic block (9), a second magnetic block (10), a first magnetic strip (11) and a second magnetic strip (12).

2. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 1, characterized in that: The protective pad (3) is made of silica gel material, and the surface of the protective pad (3) is rough.

3. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 1, characterized in that: The magnetic poles of the first magnetic block (9) and the second magnetic block (10) are opposite, and the magnetic poles of the first magnetic strip (11) and the second magnetic strip (12) are opposite.

4. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 3, characterized in that: The first magnetic block (9) is disc-shaped, and the second magnetic block (10) is ring-shaped.

5. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 3, characterized in that: The first magnetic strip (11) and the second magnetic strip (12) are provided with a plurality of first magnetic strips (11) and a plurality of second magnetic strips (12), and the plurality of first magnetic strips (11) and the plurality of second magnetic strips (12) are staggered.

6. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 5, characterized in that: The first magnetic block (9), the second magnetic block (10), the first magnetic strip (11) and the second magnetic strip (12) are all electromagnets.

7. The unmanned vehicle shell machining jig according to claim 1, characterized in that: The bottom of the lower support (1) is fixed with a base (6), and the both sides of the base (6) are connected with a rib plate (8), and the both sides of the bottom of the base (6) are provided with mounting holes (7).

8. The unmanned vehicle shell machining jig according to claim 1, characterized in that: The loss prevention rope (4) is a steel wire rope.

9. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 8, characterized in that: The loss prevention rope (4) is provided with a plurality of loss prevention ropes (4), and the plurality of loss prevention ropes (4) are equidistantly distributed.

10. The unmanned vehicle shell machining clamp according to claim 9, characterized in that: The length of the power cord (5) is greater than the length of the loss prevention rope (4).