Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports for rigid materials.

Abstract

The invention relates to a combination of cooperating clamping elements (3) and (3') of the clamp type with a right-angle configuration, each support (1) of which comprises in the upper part a positioning receptacle for materials to be worked, consisting of a fixed clamping jaw (5) oriented vertically or of vertical appearance and a clamping screw (11) as well as a V-shaped positioning receptacle (2) which is integrated in its extension, this V-shaped receptacle (2) is provided with a removable rotating key (7) with integrated anti-slip (9), it is fitted onto an oblique rod (10) of the V-shaped receptacle (2) to serve as a blocking element for the materials placed by pressure thereof on a material. In the lower part each support (1) comprises a clamping element (3') designed to exert blocking pressure under a table top of a workbench or the like, to fix each support (1).Removable accessory elements are integrated into this set of supports (1) to complete the possibilities of use. Figure of the Abstract: Fig. 1.

Description

Title of the invention: Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports for rigid materials.

[0001] This present invention relates to a set of cooperating supports of

[0002] positioning and locking for rigid or other materials

[0003] objects to be adjusted and other operations to be carried out on a workbench or other.

[0004] In this field of tooling, multiple diverse and varied tools

[0005] exist to be able to carry out different jobs with different

[0006] materials in various places of use but often according to

[0007] structures of parts to be adjusted, assembled, welded, milled,

[0008] section or other, multiple manipulations are necessary

[0009] due to non-obvious positionings, such as for

[0010] curved, square, conical or

[0011] irregular shaped materials. This often results in wasted time,

[0012] damage to materials or imperfect results due to

[0013] lack of adequate equipment.

[0014] This present invention aims to provide progress through its

[0015] ease of use and its maneuverability in terms of orientation and

[0016] quick and easy implementation, while being light and low

[0017] bulky and allowing materials to be maintained

[0018] different configurations such as curved shapes, squares

[0019] or others as well as different lengths and can also

[0020] hold these materials towards their ends.

[0021] The subject of the invention consists of a set of cooperating supports

[0022] each support (1) of which is composed of a combination

[0023] of clamp-type clamping elements with the addition of a

[0024] receptacle (2) of V-shaped positioning and locking shape at

[0025] key locking system (7), (see [Fig.l]).

[0026] This combination with a V-shaped receptacle (2) differs from the

[0027] existing state-of-the-art tools in the same field of use

[0028] for works, by this fact of this configuration by combination

[0029] of clamping elements (3) and (3') of the clamp type and with key (7)

[0030] blocking, which is innovative by this arrangement of these elements

[0031] tightening and its possibilities of use.

[0032] This configuration of the square-shaped clamping elements of

[0033] clamp type present in the upper part of each support (1)

[0034] positioning a fixed clamping jaw (5) of vertical orientation

[0035] or of vertical orientation as well as a guide arm (4)

[0036] comprising a clamping screw (l 1) which slides on a bar (13)

[0037] notched and a fixed receptacle (2) for complementary positioning

[0038] of V-shaped shape integrated at the lower end of each fixed jaw (5)

[0039] is oriented in alignment with the clamping element of the clamp type

[0040] thus also making it possible to simultaneously position

[0041] two materials of the same structure or of different structures.

[0042] In the lower part, the clamp type clamping element is

[0043] differentiates from this arrangement of the blocking parts of the

[0044] state-of-the-art clamps by the fact that the vice screw (21)

[0045] locking inserted in the guide arm (19) which slides on

[0046] a notched bar (20) does not face the fixed jaws (22) and (23)

[0047] but applies its clamping pressure under the top of a workbench

[0048] or of a similar structure in the interval and alignment between

[0049] its two support points of the base ends of the upper structure

[0050] forming fixed jaws (22) and (23) while being much lower

[0051] than this notched bar (13) for sliding the guide arm (4).

[0052] (see [Fig.5])

[0053] To enable the best use of these possibilities of a

[0054] set of positioning and locking supports (1), this said

[0055] set is completed by removable accessory means for

[0056] permanent or optional use. A key (7) angled,

[0057] or flat with a perforation (8) round or square and provided with a

[0058] non-slip semi-rigid (9) is designed to fit onto this inclined rod

[0059] of cylindrical shape making a fixed oblique jaw (10) of the

[0060] receptacle (2) of V configuration. This key (7) perforated (8)

[0061] fitted and provided with an anti-slip (9) forms the element of

[0062] blocking of the receptacle (2) in V, thus by applying it by

[0063] manual pressure with a small rotation on a material

[0064] positioned, this one is blocked and by simple movement of rotation

[0065] in the opposite direction this key (7) unlocks this said positioned material,

[0066] such as a tube, a board, a conical piece, of irregular shape

[0067] or other.

[0068] A design variant can also be produced, such as a

[0069] possibility of integrating a thread on this oblique cylindrical jaw (10)

[0070] and thus screwing a nut there which can bear on this

[0071] perforated key (7) (8) to apply a locking pressure there.

[0072] complementary acting on a positioned material.

[0073] A removable part (14) having in the upper part a square or rectangular or other shape

[0074] with integrated V-shaped grooves (18)

[0075] and fixed by fitting into a cylindrical cavity (15) in the lower part

[0076] on a round rotating plate (16) of the end

[0077] of this vice screw (11) for clamping the positioning receptacle

[0078] with fixed vertical jaw (5) to allow the orientation of the

[0079] material to be adjusted or other to be guided when blocking it, such as a

[0080] rod, tube or other. This said removable part (14) is held

[0081] on this plate (16) of this vice screw (11) by fitting

[0082] forced or by screws (17) and (17') laterally opposite

[0083] locking against this plate (16) of this vice screw.

[0084] A removable rigid connecting piece (6) of flat and rectilinear shape

[0085] is part of the set of positioning and

[0086] blocking supports (1), such as a board, a paneling, a PVC blade, made of material

[0087] composite or metal, is intended to be positioned on

[0088] two supports (1) of the positioning and blocking set

[0089] to create their lateral stability when blocking a material that can only

[0090] be held by a single blocking element, its

[0091] use is optional due to the fact that this connecting piece (6)

[0092] is only used when materials to be worked cannot

[0093] be positioned at the same time on two cooperating supports (1)

[0094] of the positioning set, as soon as a rigid material

[0095] is positioned and blocked by clamping elements of

[0096] each support (1), it is this material to be adjusted which is the connecting element

[0097] which laterally stabilizes these supports (1) of

[0098] positioning and blocking.

[0099] This said removable connecting piece (6) is equipped at one

[0100] end with a grooved element (12) for orientable positioning,

[0101] comprising at the ends of its lower seating surface

[0102] non-slip elements (24) and (24') and in the center of a V-shaped groove (30) for

[0103] positioning a small recess where a screw or a

[0104] rivet (25) is housed fixed to a flat and rigid connecting piece (6), so as to

[0105] to be held without being blocked to allow pivoting

[0106] of the placed material, such as a tube, a rod or other according to

[0107] the orientation chosen when blocking it.

[0108] To allow the use of said set of supports (1) of

[0109] positioning and blocking in a restricted area where

[0110] only a positioning of a single support (1) is possible

[0111] or such on a stool, a complementary accessory element is

[0112] added to said set of supports (1) for positioning and

[0113] blocking to allow lateral stability to be provided when

[0114] using a single support structure (1), the advantage is to be able

[0115] to block a small material, such as a screw that one wishes

[0116] to cut by sawing or other, or for example to position an

[0117] element that one wishes to weld to another structure

[0118] of elements. This optional accessory element consists of

[0119] in a short rectilinear bar (26) which has at each end

[0120] lower a lowering (27) and (27') under which are fixed

[0121] anti-slip pads (28) and (28'), thus this part interval between these

[0122] two lowerings (27) and (27') is raised and in the center in the upper part

[0123] of this said bar (26) a vertical groove (29)

[0124] is made in a deep manner to leave a small thickness

[0125] remaining in the lower part so that this said bar (26) is

[0126] flexible at this location. This width of groove (29) corresponds to

[0127] the thickness of this bar (13) notched for sliding, so

[0128] that this said notched bar (13) can fit into it and be blocked there

[0129] by tightening a vice screw (21) placed under a table top of a workbench

[0130] or other, against which a tightening pressure is exerted and by this

[0131] fact of this pressure exerted during tightening by this vice screw (21),

[0132] this bar (26) tends to curve in its center and each

[0133] wall of this groove (29) presses by this fact against this said bar

[0134] of sliding, blocks laterally on each side and thus

[0135] stabilizes a single support (1) positioned. During its optional use

[0136] this bar (26) is placed in abutment against this jaw

[0137] of vertical orientation so as to allow the arm (4) of

[0138] of guide to slide as much as possible.

[0139] According to a design variant, this bar (26) can also be

[0140] made of two small identical bars connected together

[0141] at their lower part by a flexible blade which maintains

[0142] being fixed on each small bar so as to keep

[0143] the spacing of the thickness of this notched bar (13) on which

[0144] this said flexible blade bar is intended to be able to fit therein

[0145] thus forming this same configuration and having these same

[0146] characteristics that this said bar (26).

[0147] Other accessory elements are added to the set of supports (1)

[0148] positioning and locking in order to ensure the stable maintenance

[0149] of the cooperating supports (1) for positioning and locking,

[0150] accessory elements are added to said cooperating supports (1),

[0151] these accessory elements consist of sheaths intended

[0152] to fit and be fixed on handles or levers (3) and (3')

[0153] tightening to increase their diameter, and thereby turning

[0154] these provided with sheaths (31) one obtains more clamping force

[0155] due to the increase in the radius of the diameter of said handles

[0156] and (3') and thus a clamping maneuver becomes easier by

[0157] requiring less effort from the users to

[0158] exert a locking pressure on the supports (1) to be fixed on

[0159] workbenches or similar structures and guarantee good stability of the

[0160] cooperating supports (1). These sheaths (31) can be made of

[0161] rigid material, such as wood or other material, or also be made of elastic material

[0162] and fixed by forced interlocking or by an integrated locking screw.

[0163] This realization of these sets of cooperating supports (1) for

[0164] positioning and blocking for rigid materials or other

[0165] objects to be adjusted can include manufacturing variants

[0166] such as V-shaped grooves (18) and (30) accessory elements can

[0167] include magnets or be provided with semi-rigid materials such as

[0168] semi-hard rubber to better block certain materials such as

[0169] round or irregular shapes.

[0170] This embodiment of positioning and locking supports (1) may

[0171] include a manufacturing variant of the oblique fixed jaw (10) which

[0172] may also be produced so as to be removable by screwing and

[0173] unscrewing in a tapped thread integrated in a hole in the lower part

[0174] of the vertical fixed jaw (5) and may be locked there by a nut screwed

[0175] onto this thread of the oblique jaw (10).

[0176] This said thread may comprise over its entire length in a part

[0177] of its circumference a linear flattening to form a smooth surface

[0178] where the materials are placed there to be blocked by a

[0179] key (7) fitted onto this oblique threaded rod forming this jaw

[0180] fixed oblique of the receptacle (2) in V.

[0181] These different elements of this present invention can easily

[0182] be produced industrially by a combination of

[0183] different materials, such as metal and PVC and other

[0184] well-known materials such as wood or synthetic materials.

[0185] In ([Fig.l]) is presented a set of supports (1) for positioning and

[0186]

[0187]

[0188]

[0189]

[0190] blocking for rigid materials in the position of use on a tray. In ([Fig.2]) are presented these different elements which compose this set of supports (1) for positioning and blocking with its different accessory elements. This [Fig.l] is represented by its drawing of the abstract.

Claims

Claims

1. Set of cooperating supports (1) for positioning and locking rigid materials or other objects to be adjusted or other operations requiring locking on a workbench or similar structure, characterized in that each support (1) comprises a combination of clamping elements (3) and (3') of the clamp type with a square appearance and in the upper part of which a fixed jaw (5) is oriented vertically or with a vertical appearance,as well as a V-shaped positioning receptacle (2) integrated in its extension at the end of the fixed jaw (5) of each support (1) and its support points (22) and (23) on a workbench or other similar structure are designed so as to be much lower than this horizontal notched bar (13) on which slides a guide arm (4) comprising a vice screw (11) of the clamping element (3) so as to allow sliding of the guide arm (4) and to allow each support (1) a stable seating of its support points (22) and (23) placed near the lower ends of its upper structure, in the lower part each support (1) comprises a clamping element (3') applying a clamping pressure against an underside of a workbench top or similar structure to thus fix a support structure (1) in a stable and removable manner.

2. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claim 1, characterized in that a guide arm (19) sliding on a notched bar (20) comprising a locking vice screw (21) is of suitable length to allow this vice screw (21) to apply its locking pressure under a workbench top or the like, in the interval and alignment of the support points (22) and (23) placed near the ends of its upper structure of a support (1) to thus create its stable seat at its ends, this arrangement of this locking element thus being distinguished from the principle of conventional clamps of the state of the art where a clamping vice screw faces the fixed jaw against which it exerts blocking pressure.

3. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claim 2, characterized in that it is provided with means allowing rapid positioning and locking of materials or objects of different shapes, such as angular, curved, conical, irregular or other.

4. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that each support structure (1) is provided with a removable, angled or flat key (7) with a round or square perforation (8) and comprising a semi-rigid anti-slip (9), said key (7) is designed to be fitted onto an oblique cylindrical rod (10) serving as a fixed clamping jaw of the V-shaped positioning receptacle (2) to be able to lock a positioned material by applying manual pressure to said key (7) with a small rotary movement of the latter pressing on a placed material to lock it with the anti-slip (9) integrated on said key (7), and thus by a reverse rotation movement this positioned material is unlocked.

5. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that this oblique rod (10) of the receptacle (2) of V-shaped configuration can have a thread so that a nut can be screwed therein to be able to apply additional pressure to this locking key (7) positioned in support on a placed material.

6. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1), according to claim 3, characterized in that each support structure (1) is provided with a removable end piece (14) placed on a rotating plate (16) of this vice screw (11), this end piece (14) is held on a rotating plate (16) by forced fitting or by locking screws (17) fixed on two opposite sides of said removable end piece (14), this orientable end piece (14) makes it possible to orient a material positioned wedged in a V-shaped groove (18) when locking it, such as rods, tubes or other objects.

7. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claim 3, characterized in that a removable connecting element (6) of flat, rectilinear and rigid shape completes said set of cooperating supports (1) to allow materials or objects of small dimensions which can only be held by a single support (1) to be positioned and locked by two support structures (1), this removable accessory element of flat contact surface has the purpose of being positioned in a back-to-back manner against vertical jaws (5) of the two supports (1), thus a material or object to be adjusted or other is placed against said connecting element (6) at the location of the receptacle of a support (1) and by tightening the locking elements (3) of each cooperating support (1) the connecting element (6) is held as well as a positioned material which is also locked thus ensuring lateral stability of the supports (1) and the positioned material or object.

8. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claim 7, characterized in that the connecting element (6) of flat, rectilinear and rigid shape comprises at one end of its flat contact surface a rigid, square or rectangular part (12) comprising on its contact surface one or more V-shaped grooves (30) and on its lower surface non-slip pads (24) and (24') placed at the ends, this said part (12) is fixed so as to remain orientable on a flat surface of the connecting element (6) by means of a screw or a rivet (25) placed in a small recess of a V-shaped groove (30) to thus be rotatable and allow the orientation of the material placed in this V-shaped groove (30) when it is blocked by the clamping element (3) of the receptacle in which it is positioned.

9. Set of cooperating positioning and locking supports (1) according to claims 2 and 3, characterized in that an accessory element is added allowing a single positioning and locking support (1) to be held stably during adjustment or the like small materials of short length, such as a screw to be cut, a rod to be welded vertically or other. This accessory element is designed in a rectilinear bar having at each lower end a lowering (27) and (27'), under which are fixed non-slip pads (28) and (28'), thus raising this part interval between these ends (27) and (27'), in the center of this upper part a vertical groove (29) is integrated in a deep manner leaving a small remaining thickness in the lower part of this groove (29) to make this bar (26) flexible at this location.This width of this groove (29) corresponds to the thickness of this notched sliding bar (13) under which it is fitted and positioned at the base of the vertical clamping jaw (5), so that when tightening this vice screw (21) placed under a workbench top or other, this pressure exerted on this upper part of a support (1) presses on this fitted bar (26) which by flexibility effect tends to curve in the center, these side walls of this groove (29) press laterally against this support structure (1). This bar (26) can also be designed in two identical elements connected at their lower narrow end by a flexible blade while keeping a spacing of the thickness of this notched bar (13) on which this bar (26) must fit.

10. Set of cooperating supports (1) for positioning and locking rigid materials according to claim 3, characterized in that each clamping and locking handle or lever (3) and (3') can be provided with a sheath (31) made of rigid material, wood or other, or of an elastic material fitted and fixed on each handle or lever (3) and (3') which is made thicker to give more force by increasing the clamping radius when tightening the vice screws (11) and (21) and thus increase a clamping to better lock these said cooperating supports (1) on a workbench or similar structure as well as these materials or objects positioned on these cooperating supports (1) to be well locked before adjustment.

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