US PATENT SUBCLASS 83 / 383
.~.~ Clamp moved by direct impact of tool or tool support

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374  DF  INTERRELATED TOOL ACTUATING MEANS AND MEANS TO ACTUATE WORK IMMOBILIZER {2}
375  DF  .~ Work clamp {9}
383.~.~ Clamp moved by direct impact of tool or tool support {1}
384  DF  .~.~.~> Clamp retracted by impact of tool or tool support

DEFINITION

Classification: 83/383

(under subclass 375) Device, in which the actuated tool or its support, in some portion of its movement approaches and drivingly engages a movable clamp jaw or element rigid therewith, thus driving the clamp jaw in one direction only.

(1) Note. The clamp is not mounted on the tool.

(2) Note. The clamp is usually moved, by engagement with the tool, against the force of gravity or that of a pre-loaded spring.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

456, for tool or tool support rigid with movable clamp jaw, where tool stroke is not timed with or related to the clamp stroke.