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US 10,967,535 B2Granted
Method of adjusting a punch body assembly
AssigneeAmada Tool America, Inc.
InventorsEdward A. Dries, Jeffrey Tauscher
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Abstract
A method of adjusting punch body assembly, that has a punch body coupled to a driver, by moving the driver with respect to the punch body until a select axial position is reached along the longitudinal axis of the punch body and locking the driver at the select axial position.
Claims19
Method of adjusting a punch body assembly comprising a punch body coupled to a driver, comprising the steps of:
- coupling a base of the driver to a driver engagement end of the punch body;
- moving the driver with respect to the punch body until a select axial position of the driver with respect to the punch body is reached along a longitudinal axis of the punch body;
- locking the driver at the select axial position, and
- wherein the step of moving the driver with respect to the punch body to the select axial position includes aligning one of a plurality of position bores in the driver engagement end of the punch body with a locking hole in the base of the driver.
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A method of adjusting a punch body assembly comprising a punch body coupled to a driver, comprising the steps of:
- threadably coupling a base of the driver to a driver engagement end of the punch body, the base having at least one locking hole and the driver engagement end having a plurality of position bores;
- rotating the driver with respect to the punch body until the locking hole aligns with one of the plurality of position bores thereby establishing a select axial position of the driver with respect to the punch body and along a longitudinal axis of the punch body;
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- locking the driver in the select axial position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.