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Article: Australian Inventor Develops Sheet Like-Objects Clamping Device
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- January 5, 2007
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ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 5 -- Nhon Hau Nguyen of Chester Hill, Australia, has developed a clamping device with an actuating carriage which moves a movable jaw toward a stationary jaw.
According to the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office, the invention relates to a "camping device suitable for lifting and handling of sheet like-objects, having a rigid frame configured to straddle an edge region of sheet-like objects, the frame including a stationary jaw and a frame housing defining a gap between them in which the sheet-like object may be received, the stationary jaw providing a first clamping surface, a movable jaw supported at the frame within the gap for movement towards and away from the ...