PRESS BRAKE TOOL HOLDER

摘要

A press brake tool holder (10) having a horizontally elongated body (12) having a support plate (14), and a horizontally elongated clamp (40, 42) having upper (66) and lower (68) portions and pivotally attached to the body between the upper and lower portions so as to capture between it and the support plate the upwardly extending shank (30) of a brake press tool. A handle-operated cam shaft (72) is carried by the body and is linked to the upper portion of the clamp by cam follower elements (104, 106) which provide a rigid linkage. Clamps may be thus mounted to both sides of the body, and each can be independently oprated when the other is removed. The clamp is mounted to the body by means of mounting pins (52) having articulating heads (56) that are slidingly received in slots in the body, the slots having enlarged entryways (60) enabling the clamp to be removed from or attached to the body by sliding the clamp with respect to the body to align the articulating heads with the slot entryways.