| 摘要 |
A clamping assembly (10) which provides a uniform pressure simultaneously at two spaced apart points. The assembly includes a portion of a support member (14) which has two parallel sides and a passage connecting the two parallel sides. A tubular shaped sleeve (22) is received within the passage and includes short tabs extending slightly past the surface of the two parallel sides of the support member. A U-shaped anti-turn bracket (30) is slidably received around the support member and includes slots that coincide with the passage in the support member. The tubular sleeve has a non-circular inside cross section. A double-ended bolt (26) having a first and second threaded end and an intermediate non-circular portion complementary to the non-circular cross section of the sleeve is slidably received within the sleeve. The bolt is permitted to move linearly but not permitted to rotate within the sleeve. Threaded nuts (138, 142) are placed on each of the first and second threaded end. A uniform torque at both of the first and second ends can be obtained by tightening only one of the nuts without requiring the other nut to be held or tightened. This is accomplished by the ability of the bolt to slide linearly within the sleeve while being prevented from rotating. <IMAGE> |
