Clamp positioning device

Claim 1

A CLAMP POSITIONER FOR PLACING A CLAMP AT A REMOTE LOCATION, THE CLAMP BEING OF THE SCISSORS TYPE IN WHICH THE OPERATING ENDS THEREOF ARE CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE ONE COMPONENT OF A CLAMP RETAINING MEANS COMPRISING: AN ELONGATE STANDARD FOR REACHING TO THE REMOTE LOCATION; A PAIR OF RELATIVELY MOVABLE ARMS ON ONE END OF THE STANDARD; A GRASPING JAW ON EACH OF THE MOVABLE ARMS ADJACENT THE OUTER ENDS THEREOF, THE JAWS BEING ALIGNED TO RECEIVE THE OPERATING ENDS OF THE SCISSORS CLAMP, AT LEAST ONE OF THE JAWS BEING COMPLEMENTARILY CONFIGURED TO THE CLAMP TO PROVIDE ANOTHER COMPONENT OF THE CLAMP RETAINING MEANS FOR GRASPING AND RETAINING THE OPERATING ENDS OF THE CLAMP BETWEEN THE JAWS; SAID JAWS INCLUDING FIRST AND SECOND PLATES RIGIDLY CONNECTED, RESPECTIVELY, WITH SAID FIRST AND SECOND ARMS, SAID PLATES BEING DISPOSED IN A COMMON PLANE PARALLEL TO THE STANDARD; A FIRST GRASPING ELEMENT ON THE FIRST PLATE FOR ENGAGING THE FIRST OPERATING ENDS OF THE SCISSORS CLAMP, SAID FIRST GRASPING ELEMENT COMPRISING A STUB DISPOSED PERPENDICULAR TO THE FIRST PLATE AND EXTENDING TOWARD THE SECOND PLATE; A SECOND GRASPING ELEMENT ON THE SECOND ARM FOR ENGAGING THE SECOND OPERATING END OF THE SCISSORS CLAMP, SAID SECOND GRASPING ELEMENT COMPRISING A TRANSVERSE UPSTANDING RIDGE EXTENDING TOWARD THE FIRST PLATE; FIRST AND SECOND SHEETS OF RESILIENT MATERIAL FIXEDLY SECURED ON, RESPECTIVELY, SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLATES WITH SAID STUB AND RIDGE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY THROUGH THE IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT SHEET; SAID PLATES, GRASPING ELEMENTS AND SAID SHEETS COOPERATING WITH THE OPERATING ENDS OF THE CLAMP TO FORM A CLAMP RETAINING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY HOLDING THE CLAMP IN THE JAWS; MEANS NORMALLY BIASING THE ARMS FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT; AND AND ACTUATING ELEMENT OPERATIVELY ENGAGED WITH AT LEAST ONE OF THE MOVABLE ARMS AND EXTENDING ALONGSIDE THE STANDARD TO THE OPPOSITE END THEREOF FOR OVERCOMMING THE BIASING FORCE.