Patents Assigned to Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
  • Publication number: 20060049563
    Abstract: An extension device for a clamping and spreading device with a slide rail guided for displacement relative to a bearing device is suggested which has at least one contact element for a workpiece and is fixed or can be fixed in position so as to be non-translational in relation to the bearing device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 9, 2006
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Karl Philipp, Hans Roesch
  • Patent number: 7007937
    Abstract: In order to improve a clamp-type hand tool, comprising a first arm incorporating a corresponding jaw portion and a second arm incorporating a corresponding jaw portion wherein the two arms are pivotable relative to one another and the jaw portions form a jaw device having an adjustable aperture, in such a manner that it is employable in as universal a way as possible, it is proposed that the jaw portion of the first arm and/or the law portion of the second arm be displaceable on the corresponding arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Foshag, Gerhard Kloepfer, Hans Roesch
  • Publication number: 20050200065
    Abstract: In order to provide a clamping and spreading device with a slide rail which is mounted for displacement and the displacement movement of which can be actuated in a clamping direction with blocking of the displaceability in the opposite direction and the displacement movement of which can be actuated in a spreading direction with blocking of the displaceability in the opposite direction, wherein the direction of displacement can be switched over between clamping direction and spreading direction, which can be produced in a simple manner and can be operated in a simple manner, a movable positioning element is suggested which supports actuating elements for the slide rail, wherein the displacement movement of the slide rail in the clamping direction or in the spreading direction can be actuated as a function of the position of the positioning element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Publication date: September 15, 2005
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Hans Roesch
  • Publication number: 20050087918
    Abstract: In order to improve a clamp-type hand tool, comprising a first arm incorporating a jaw portion and a second arm incorporating a jaw portion wherein the two arms are pivotal relative to one another and the jaw portions form a jaw having an adjustable aperture, in such a manner that it is employable in as universal a way as possible, it is proposed that the jaw portion of the first arm and/or that of the second arm be displaceable on the appertaining arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2004
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Siegfried Foshag, Gerhard Kloepfer, Hans Roesch
  • Publication number: 20050028381
    Abstract: In order for run-through shears in the case of which the user's hand is located at a distance from the workpiece during cutting, comprising a shears head which is formed by a first shears-head limb with a first cutting blade and by a second shears-head limb with a second cutting blade, also comprising a first handle part and a second handle part, a first handle-part/shears-head-limb combination and a second handle-part/shears-head-limb combination being formed and at least one handle part being disposed in an angled manner relative to the shears head, and further comprising a rotary bearing for pivoting the handle-part/shears-head-limb combinations relative to one another, to be improved such that they can be produced cost-effectively and have a low weight, it is provided that the cutting blades are individual parts which are fixed on cutting-blade retaining regions of the associated shears-head limbs, and that the parts forming the cutting blades are spaced away from the rotary bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2004
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: Siegfried Foshag
  • Patent number: 6848683
    Abstract: In order to increase the utility of an arm clamp having a guide rail, on which a fixed transverse arm is seated, having a sliding arm which is displaceable on the guide rail and which can be tilted with the latter, and having a pressure application spindle with a pressure piece, which pressure application spindle is displaceably arranged on the sliding arm so that a compressive force can be exerted on a workpiece between transverse arm and sliding arm, a box-like attachment member is provided for the sliding arm, which provides a substantially flat abutment surface for a workpiece, and is so constructed that it can be pushed on the pressure piece of the sliding arm so that the attachment member is held on the sliding arm and a compressive force can be exerted by the attachment member on a workpiece via the pressure application spindle, and wherein the attachment member comprises at least two mutually spaced guide recesses via which it is displaceably mounted on the guide rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2005
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventors: Siegfried Foshag, Gerhard Klöpfer, Karl Philipp
  • Patent number: 6701596
    Abstract: In order to improve a clamping and spreading device for the relative movement of two workpieces which have surfaces lying essentially parallel to a common plane, comprising a first holder, to which the first workpiece can be fixed, and a second holder, to which the second workpiece can be fixed, wherein the two holders are movable relative to one another, in such a manner that this can be used in a simple manner comfortable for the operator it is provided for the first holder and the second holder to be connected to one another via a guiding device so as to be displaceable and for the guiding device to comprise an actuating element which is mounted not only on the first holder so as to be movable but is also mounted on the second holder so as to be movable and via which a relative movement of the two holders can be actuated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Karl Philipp
  • Patent number: 6641122
    Abstract: In order to provide a lever clamp which is straightforward and cost-effective to produce and comprises a slide rail, a fixed arm, which is arranged on the slide arm, and a slide arm, which can be displaced on the slide rail and on which a lever element is mounted in a pivotable manner and a pressure plate is mounted such that it can be displaced transversely to the slide arm, it being possible for the closing movement of the pressure plate in relation to the fixed jaw to be actuated by a pivoting movement of the lever element, so that a workpiece can be clamped between the fixed jaw and pressure plate, it is provided that, in order to form a pivot bearing for the pivotability between the lever element and slide arm, a pivoting-shaft element is arranged on the lever element or the slide arm and the slide arm or the lever element has a pivoting-shaft mount, in which the pivoting-shaft element can be inserted and by means of which the pivoting-shaft element and the pivoting-shaft mount can be rotated relative to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2003
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Hans Roesch
  • Patent number: 6601837
    Abstract: In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail which is guided for displacement in its longitudinal direction and an actuating device which comprises a gripping element, by means of which the clamping rail can be displaced, which has a great ease of operation it is suggested that a first contact element and second contact element be held on the clamping rail, that the clamping rail be displaceable in relation to the first contact element and that the first contact element be rotatable relative to the actuating device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventors: Horst Klimach, Siegfried Foshag, Karl Philipp, Hans Roesch
  • Publication number: 20030116901
    Abstract: In order to provide a lever clamp which is straightforward and cost-effective to produce and comprises a slide rail, a fixed arm, which is arranged on the slide arm, and a slide arm, which can be displaced on the slide rail and on which a lever element is mounted in a pivotable manner and a pressure plate is mounted such that it can be displaced transversely to the slide arm, it being possible for the closing movement of the pressure plate in relation to the fixed jaw to be actuated by a pivoting movement of the lever element, so that a workpiece can be clamped between the fixed jaw and pressure plate, it is provided that, in order to form a pivot bearing for the pivotability between the lever element and slide arm, a pivoting-shaft element is arranged on the lever element or the slide arm and the slide arm or the lever element has a pivoting-shaft mount, in which the pivoting-shaft element can be inserted and by means of which the pivoting-shaft element and the pivoting-shaft mount can be rotated relative to
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2002
    Publication date: June 26, 2003
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventor: Hans Roesch
  • Patent number: 6575442
    Abstract: In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail (14) guided for displacement and an actuating device (12) which comprises a gripping element (77), by means of which the clamping rail (14) can be displaced, which can be used universally it is suggested that the clamping rail (14) be displaceable via the gripping element (77) in one direction (A) or an opposite direction (B) and that a change-over device be provided for freeing the displacement in one direction (A; B) and blocking the displacement in the opposite direction (B; A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Horst Klimach, Siegfried Foshag, Karl Philipp, Hans Röesch
  • Publication number: 20030102614
    Abstract: In order to increase the utility of an arm clamp having a guide rail, on which a fixed transverse arm is seated, having a sliding arm which is displaceable on the guide rail and which can be tilted with the latter, and having a pressure application spindle with a pressure piece, which pressure application spindle is displaceably arranged on the sliding arm so that a compressive force can be exerted on a workpiece between transverse arm and sliding arm, a box-like attachment member is provided for the sliding arm, which provides a substantially flat abutment surface for a workpiece, and is so constructed that it can be pushed on the pressure piece of the sliding arm so that the attachment member is held on the sliding arm and a compressive force can be exerted by the attachment member on a workpiece via the pressure application spindle, and wherein the attachment member comprises at least two mutually spaced guide recesses via which it is displaceably mounted on the guide rail.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventors: Siegfried Foshag, Gerhard Klopfer, Karl Philipp
  • Publication number: 20030034601
    Abstract: In order to improve a clamping and spreading device for the relative movement of two workpieces which have surfaces lying essentially parallel to a common plane, comprising a first holder, to which the first workpiece can be fixed, and a second holder, to which the second workpiece can be fixed, wherein the two holders are movable relative to one another, in such a manner that this can be used in a simple manner comfortable for the operator it is provided for the first holder and the second holder to be connected to one another via a guiding device so as to be displaceable and for the guiding device to comprise an actuating element which is mounted not only on the first holder so as to be movable but is also mounted on the second holder so as to be movable and via which a relative movement of the two holders can be actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Gerhard Kloepfer, Karl Philipp
  • Publication number: 20030030205
    Abstract: In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail which is guided for displacement in its longitudinal direction and an actuating device which comprises a gripping element, by means of which the clamping rail can be displaced, which has a great ease of operation it is suggested that a first contact element and second contact element be held on the clamping rail, that the clamping rail be displaceable in relation to the first contact element and that the first contact element be rotatable relative to the actuating device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2002
    Publication date: February 13, 2003
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventors: Horst Klimach, Siegfried Foshag, Karl Philipp, Hans Roesch
  • Publication number: 20020070490
    Abstract: In order to provide a clamping device with a clamping rail (14) guided for displacement and an actuating device (12) which comprises a gripping element (77), by means of which the clamping rail (14) can be displaced, which can be used universally it is suggested that the clamping rail (14) be displaceable via the gripping element (77) in one direction (A) or an opposite direction (B) and that a change-over device be provided for freeing the displacement in one direction (A; B) and blocking the displacement in the opposite direction (B; A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Applicant: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Horst Klimach, Siegfried Foshag, Karl Philipp, Hans Rosch
  • Patent number: 6113085
    Abstract: In order to improve a clamping device comprising a guide rail, a first clamping element supported on the guide rail and having a first clamping surface formed by a pressure member of a clamping spindle and movable in a clamping direction, a slide bracket guided on and movable along the guide rail and fixable by a first wedging element, and a feed device including a second wedging element supportable on the guide rail and a pivotally mounted feed lever lying with its handle between the guide rail and the clamp grip of the clamping spindle, and a second clamping element supported on the guide rail and having a second clamping surface, such that ergonomically it can be installed more expediently on a workpiece, and the workpiece can thereby be finally clamped, it is proposed that the feed lever act with a first pressure member between the second wedging element and the slide bracket such that upon actuation of the feed lever in the direction of the clamp grip of the clamping spindle, the slide bracket is displac
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1998
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2000
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Norbert Lindenthal, Hans Roesch
  • Patent number: 6098972
    Abstract: In order to provide an edge clamp, in particular, for pressing edge parts onto edges of workpieces extending between an upper side and an underside, comprising a clamp body, a first clamping jaw adapted to abut on the upper side of the workpiece and a second clamping jaw adapted to abut on the underside of the workpiece for fixing the clamp body on the workpiece and a means for generating clamping pressure actuatable by means of an actuating element for acting upon an edge pressure element acting on the edge part, which is as simple as possible to handle and can be fixed securely in position on the workpiece it is suggested that the clamp body have guide means, along which the clamping jaws are guided for displacement towards one another and away from one another and that a securing in position of the clamp body on the workpiece can be achieved by displacing the clamping jaws in the guide means in the direction towards the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2000
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Horst Klimach, Hans Roesch
  • Patent number: D519812
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Weinberg, Martin Ruf
  • Patent number: D523709
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventor: John E. Knox
  • Patent number: D484017
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2003
    Assignee: Bessey & Sohn GmbH & Co
    Inventor: John E. Knox