Cold flow machine anchoring
AssigneeHaas Automation, Inc.
InventorsGene F. Haas, Donald Paul Earl, Chris Stewart
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Abstract
A leveling pad for stabilizing a device is provided. The leveling pad comprises a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device and a liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad. The liner may be of a polymer, such as vinyl. The liner is further configured to plastically deform into the profile of the floor surface. The plastic deformation is designed to increase a magnitude of a shear force or a tensile force required to separate the liner from a portion of the floor surface into which it is configured to plastically deform.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a device comprising a chassis;
- a plurality of leveling screws, each being rotatably engaged with the chassis and comprising an engagement portion;
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- a plurality of leveling pads, each comprising:
- a metal base having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a socket extending through the upper surface and configured to receive the engagement portion of one of the leveling screws;
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- a vinyl liner coupled to the lower surface with an adhesive, the vinyl liner being configured to plastically deform into a profile of a floor surface when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad.
A system comprising:
- a device comprising a chassis;
- a plurality of leveling screws, each being rotatably engaged with the chassis and comprising an engagement portion;
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- leveling pads for stabilizing the device, the leveling pads each comprising:
- a metal base having a socket configured to receive a portion of the device;
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- a polymer liner coupled to the metal base and being configured to cold flow into a profile of a floor surface and plastically deform into the profile when a weight of the device is applied to the leveling pad.
A method comprising:
- positioning a plurality of leveling pads on a floor surface, each of the leveling pads comprising:
- a metal base having an upper surface, a lower surface, and a socket extending through the upper surface and configured to receive an engagement portion of leveling screws;
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- a vinyl liner coupled to the lower surface with an adhesive;
- applying a weight of a device to the leveling pads via leveling screws, so that the vinyl liner plastically deforms into a profile of the floor surface;
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- adjusting at least one of the leveling screws to adjust a distribution of the weight among the leveling pads.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.