(under subclass 375) Device including means to deliver incremental clamping force in proportion to incremental resistance exerted by the work against the tool, so that the clamping force (additional to a predetermined force; e.g., the weight of the clamp) is proportional to the resistance which the tool meets in its working stroke.
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376+, for many disclosures wherein the clamp takes some of the reaction of the tool force, in order to deflect the tool into an oblique, draw-cutting direction.
