EP2196286B1 - Dispositif de serrage avec patte de serrage en forme de crochet - Google Patents

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EP2196286B1
EP2196286B1 EP20090015236 EP09015236A EP2196286B1 EP 2196286 B1 EP2196286 B1 EP 2196286B1 EP 20090015236 EP20090015236 EP 20090015236 EP 09015236 A EP09015236 A EP 09015236A EP 2196286 B1 EP2196286 B1 EP 2196286B1
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Ener Varetto
Lio Piccolo
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B5/00—Clamps
    • B25B5/06—Arrangements for positively actuating jaws
    • B25B5/08—Arrangements for positively actuating jaws using cams
    • B25B5/087—Arrangements for positively actuating jaws using cams actuated by a hydraulic or pneumatic piston
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B5/00—Clamps
    • B25B5/06—Arrangements for positively actuating jaws
    • B25B5/12—Arrangements for positively actuating jaws using toggle links
    • B25B5/122—Arrangements for positively actuating jaws using toggle links with fluid drive
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B25—HAND TOOLS; PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS; MANIPULATORS
    • B25B—TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING OR HOLDING
    • B25B5/00—Clamps
    • B25B5/16—Details, e.g. jaws, jaw attachments

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  • the present invention refers in general to hook clamping devices for hooking workpieces, such as metal sheets, which are intended to engage the edge of a workpiece during a work, for example a side edge thereof or the edge of a hole formed in the workpiece, in order to keep the workpiece in a predetermined position.
  • EP-1 393 861 describes a hook clamping device comprising a hook clamping member movable between a back and raised position of rest, and a forward and lowered position for clamping a workpiece, which projects from the device through a relatively wide opening.
  • the movement of the hook clamping member is controlled by a four-bar linkage, so that it translates remaining parallel to itself.
  • the linkage includes a toggle mechanism in order to make irreversible the locking position of the hook clamping member, so that a force applied to the workpiece, when it is clamped by the hook clamping member, cannot cause an accidental movement of the hook clamping member from such a position.
  • a movable member for closing the aforesaid opening is associated with the hook clamping member.
  • the movable member is biased by resilient means and has a sealing lip which remains into contact with a side of the hook clamping member in order to close a gap between the wide opening and the hook clamping member during the movement of the latter, so that penetration of foreign bodies within the body of the device through such a gap is avoided.
  • the hook clamping member of this known device always projects in a considerable manner outside of the body, in all the positions thereof. Moreover, both the mechanism which controls the movement of the hook clamping member and the system for closing the wide opening of the body, are relatively complex and therefore expensive to be manufactured and potentially not much reliable in operation.
  • EP-1 683 606 discloses a device compriseing a hook clamping member movable between a rear and raised position of rest and a forward and lowered clamping position of a workpiece, which hook clamping member projects from the body through a relatively wide opening.
  • a fluid controlled actuator provided with a slidable rod for controlling the movement of the hook clamping member between two end positions, is associated with the body of the device.
  • a mechanism of articulation, interposed between the hook clamping member and the rod of the actuator, includes a transverse guide pin fixed to the body and engaging a shaped slit formed in the lower portion of the hook clamping member, which lower portion is furthermore articulated to the upper end of the rod.
  • a slidable guard member mounted above the wide opening of the body, has a narrow opening crossed by the hook clamping member for closing the gap between the wide opening and the hook clamping member, in order to present foreign bodies, which could hinder the movement of the hook clamping member, to enter into the body.
  • the device of this document has several disadvantages.
  • the hook clamping member moves between its two end positions while it remains almost parallel to itself, so that a remarkable portion thereof projects always from the body of the device.
  • this device is not adapted to be used for applications in which the hook clamping member, in its position of rest, must remain substantially confined within the body of the device.
  • the hook clamping member articulation mechanism of this document does not allow to make irreversible its clamping position, so that a high force applied to the workpiece to be clamped could cause an accidental movement of the hook clamping member with respect to its clamping position.
  • DE-39 38 208 relates to a hook clamping device according to the preamble of claim 1 lacking in any translatable guide member, provided with movement means that include a toggle mechanism adapted to make irreversible the clamping position of the hook clamping member, and that allow the hook clamping member to be moved according to a mainly angular motion in order to allow the hook clamping member to reach, in its position of rest, a configuration in which it is arranged within the body.
  • the invention relates to a hook clamping member of the type defined in the preamble of appended claim 1.
  • the hook clamping device comprises a translatable guard member the translation of which is guided by guide means that comprise at least a pin extending from the guard member and engaging a shaped groove of the hook clamping member.
  • the device of the invention turns out to be highly reliable in operation, particularly thanks to its effective guard member, and relatively simple and economic to be manufactured. Moreover, it allows a wide movement, particularly an angular movement, of the hook clamping member to be obtained, thanks to which the hook clamping member can reach a position of rest in which it is almost entirely confined in the body of the device, in order to avoid the most possible any presence of elements projecting from the device, which might hinder the movement of a workpiece to be clamped, when the hook clamping member is in its position of rest.
  • the hook clamping member has a pair of symmetrical loop-shaped grooves, formed on the opposite side surfaces thereof, both such grooves being engaged by respective coaxial pins projecting from the guard member.
  • the device of the invention allow the movement of the hook clamping member and of the guard member to be guided effectively in a simultaneous manner.
  • the body of a hook clamping device which can be used for clamping workpieces, typically sheet, in a predetermined position during working operations, is indicated 10.
  • workpieces are clamped at their perimetral edge or at the edge of a hole formed in the workpiece, in which case the device is usually provided above with an elongated centring member (not shown in the figures as being of a type known per se) intended to be inserted in the aforesaid hole.
  • the body 10 usually comprises a pair of half-shells 12a and 12b coupled to each other, which delimitate the inner cavity 14 of the body 10.
  • a rectangular head plate 16 is fixed above the half-shells 12a and 12b, which is intended to allow support of a workpiece to be clamped (not shown).
  • the plate 16 has a relatively wide through opening 18, the shape of which is usually rectangular and elongated in the direction parallel to the side faces of the half-shells 12a and 12b.
  • a fluid controlled actuator typically a pneumatic actuator, is connected to the body 10 above the half-shells 12a and 12b, which actuator comprises an axially slidable rod 20 extending within the cavity 14.
  • the free end 20a of the rod 20, upper with reference to the figures, is articulated by a transverse pin 22 to an end of a connecting rod 24, or of a pair of parallel connecting rods, the other end of which is articulated to the lower connection portion 28 of a hook clamping member 30, by another pin 26 parallel to the pin 22.
  • the pin 26 crosses also the free end of a crank 32, or of a pair of parallel cranks, the opposite end of which is rotatably mounted at 34 with respect to the half-shells 12a and 12b, in order to allow articulation of the portion 28 of the member 30 with respect to such a crank.
  • the hook clamping member 30 has a loop portion 36, at its side opposite to the portion 28, intended to allow a workpiece supported on the upper surface of plate 16 to be clamped.
  • the loop portion 36 slidably engages with a longitudinal clearance the wide opening 18 of the plate 16, in order that it can project beyond the upper surface of such a plate in the clamping configuration of a workpiece.
  • a transverse pin 38 is inserted at an intermediate portion of the member 30, in such a manner that the ends thereof project from opposite sides from the member 30. These ends, preferably provided with respective rotary bearings 40, slidably engage a pair of symmetrical arched grooves 42 formed in the body 10 on the inner surface of the half-shells 12a and 12b.
  • the hook clamping member 30 undergoes a mostly angular movement between a pair of opposite positions, that is a rear and lowered position of rest ( figures 6 to 9 ), in which it is substantially arranged entirely within the body 10, and a forward and raised position for clamping a workpiece ( figures 1 to 4 ), in which its loop portion 36 projects outwardly, as a result of the axial sliding of the rod 20 and by virtue of the movement mechanism consisting of the connecting rod, or the connecting rods, 24 and of the crank, or the cranks, 32, as well as by virtue of the engagement of the ends of the pin 38 in the grooves 42.
  • a pair of symmetrical grooves 44 are formed on the opposite side surfaces of the loop portion 36 of the hook clamping member 30, each of which has a loop shaped profile generally corresponding to that of the portion 36. Respective portions of a pair of pins 46 are engaged in the grooves 44, such pins being inserted in respective coaxial holes formed at the opposite sides of a flat guard plate 48 slidably mounted in a longitudinal rectilinear seat 50 of the plate 16, which seat 50 is formed in a position adjacent to and facing the cavity 14 of the body 10.
  • the portions of the pins 46 inserted in the grooves 44 project transversely and from opposite sides with respect to a rectangular through opening 52 of the guard plate 48, the extension of this opening in the longitudinal direction being smaller than that of the opening 18, and in which the loop portion 36 of the member 30 is inserted with a clearance.
  • the pins 46 which extend between the guard member 48 and the hook clamping member 30, have the function of guide means for guiding translation of the plate 40 in the longitudinal seat 50.
  • the plate 48 has a pair of opposite side ribs 54 slidably engaging respective corresponding grooves 56 formed on the sides of the longitudinal seat 50, in order to promote longitudinal sliding of the slab 48 in the seat 50, and for keeping the plate 48 slightly spaced both from the above portion of the plate 16 and with respect to the half-shells 12a and 12b.
  • the head plate 16 may have an appendage 16a extending beyond the rear wall of the body 10, in order to protect the guard member 48.
  • both the openings 18 and 52 can have circular undercuttings 18a and 52a at their corners.
  • the member 30 can assume a clamping position, as shown in figures 1 to 4 , for clamping a workpiece interposed between the forward end of the portion 36 of the member 30 and the plate 16. In this position, the loop portion 36 is arranged mainly above the plate 16.
  • the pin 22 drags down the connecting rod 24 causing the crank 32 to rotate and the member 30 to oscillate angularly by means of the pin 26, as well as the end of the pin 38 to slide, together with the relevant bearings 40, in the arched grooves 42.
  • the loop portion 36 re-enters within the body 10, passing from the configuration shown in figure 5 , until it reaches the configuration shown in figures 6 to 9 , in which the portion 36 is practically all arranged within the body 10, so that it does not hinder the movement of a workpiece to be clamped above the plate 16.

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  1. Dispositif formant crochet de serrage pour le serrage de pièces, en particulier de feuilles, comprenant un corps(10) ayant une ouverture (18) relativement large, à travers laquelle un organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet s'étend avec un jeu, ledit organe de serrage étant mobile entre une position arrière de repos et une position avant de serrage dans laquelle l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet fait saillie en dehors du corps (10) pour serrer une pièce à usiner, le dispositif comprenant des moyens de déplacement (20, 22, 24, 26, 28, 32, 38, 42) adaptés à déplacer l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet selon un mouvement essentiellement angulaire, afin de permettre à l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet d'atteindre, dans sa position de repos, une configuration dans laquelle il est disposé sensiblement à l'intérieur du corps (30), les moyens de déplacement comprenant un mécanisme à genouillère (20, 22, 24, 26, 28) apte à rendre irréversible la position de serrage de l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet, caractérisé en ce qu'un élément de protection (48) déplaçable en translation est associé au corps (10) à proximité de ladite ouverture large (18), lequel élément de protection comporte une ouverture étroite (52) avec laquelle l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet vient également en prise, l'élément de protection (48) et l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet coopérant avec ladite ouverture large (18) pour empêcher des corps étrangers de pénétrer à l'intérieur du corps (10) à travers le jeu entre l'ouverture large (18) et l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet, la translation de l'élément de protection (48) étant guidée par des moyens de guidage (46) s'étendant entre l'élément de protection (48) et l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet, lesdits moyens de guidage comprenant au moins une broche (46) s'étendant à partir de l'élément de protection (48) et venant en engagement avec une rainure (44) profilée de l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet.
  2. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, dans lequel l'élément de protection (48) est une plaque plate montée de façon coulissante dans un siège rectiligne (50) du corps (10).
  3. Dispositif selon la revendication 2, caractérisé en ce que l'élément de protection (48) comprend au moins une nervure de guidage latéral (54) venant en engagement dans une rainure (56) correspondante formée sur le côté dudit siège rectiligne (50).
  4. Dispositif selon la revendication 2 ou 3, caractérisé en ce que ledit siège rectiligne (50) est formé dans une plaque supérieure (16) du corps (10), dans une position faisant face à une cavité (14) du corps (10), et en ce que également ladite large ouverture (18) est formée dans la plaque supérieure (16).
  5. Dispositif selon la revendication 1, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet est généralement en forme de boucle, et en ce que le profil de ladite au moins une rainure profilée (44) de l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet correspond généralement à la forme de l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet.
  6. Dispositif selon la revendication 5, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet comporte une paire de rainures symétriques à profil en boucles (44) formées sur les surfaces latérales opposées de celui-ci, des broches coaxiales respectives (46) faisant saillie de l'élément de protection (48) venant en engagement avec ces deux rainures (44).
  7. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 6, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet présente, à une de ses extrémités, une formation de serrage (36) en crochet à forme de boucle, et, à l'extrémité opposée, une partie de connexion (28) articulée à la fois à une manivelle (32) montée en rotation autour d'un axe de rotation (34) fixé au corps (10), et à une première extrémité d'au moins une bielle (24), dont la deuxième extrémité est articulée à une tige coulissante (20) d'un actionneur à fluide associé au corps (10).
  8. Dispositif selon la revendication 7, caractérisé en ce que l'organe de serrage (30) en forme de crochet est articulé autour d'un axe transversal (38), entre la formation de serrage (36) à crochet en forme de boucle et la partie de connexion (28), les extrémités opposées de ladite broche venant en engagement des rainures symétriques arquées (42) formées dans les côtés (12a, 12b) du corps (10).
  9. Dispositif selon la revendication 8, caractérisé en ce que les extrémités opposées de ladite broche transversale (38) sont munies de paliers à roulement (40), et en ce que ces paliers (40) viennent en engagement avec lesdites rainures arquées (42).
  10. Dispositif selon l'une quelconque des revendications 1 à 9, caractérisé en ce que ladite plaque supérieure (16) s'étend au-delà d'une paroi arrière du corps (10) afin de protéger l'élément de protection (48) lorsque, à la suite d'une translation de celui-ci, il s'étend au-delà de ladite paroi arrière du corps (10).
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