Bar mounted tool adaptor
AssigneeSyron Engineering & Manufacturing, LLC
InventorsRick Hurst, Corey Chappus, Bryan Voss
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Abstract
A tool mount assembly includes drop down connections to aid in mounting of a tool to a moving base and a fail-safe tool mounting system for preventing installation of a tool in an undesired or incorrect manner. A plurality of tool mount rails are received within mounts and are uniquely tailored to assure proper placement of tools such as grippers or vacuum cups at desired locations specific to the application requirements.
Claims18
A mounting system for mounting tools to a base comprising:
- a moving base;
- a plurality of selectively releasable mounts attachable to the moving base;
- a plurality of lug mounts corresponding to the plurality of releasable mounts, each of said plurality of lug mounts attached to the moving base a distance from a corresponding one of the plurality of releasable mounts;
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- a plurality of rails for mounting tooling, wherein each of the plurality of rails includes a mount plug adapted to be selectively received within the releasable mount and a lug receivable within a corresponding one of the plurality of lug mounts, wherein each of the plurality of rails includes a mating characteristic corresponding with only one of the plurality of releasable mounts and corresponding lug mount.
A method of mounting a plurality of tool mounting rails of a tool mounting system according to a desired orientation comprising the steps of:
- a) mounting a plurality of tool rail supports to a base;
- b) assembling each of the plurality of tool rails to include a mount plug receivable within the releasable mount and a lug receivable within the lug mount;
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- c) fixing at least one of the plurality of tool rail supports with a releasable mount spaced apart from a lug mount such that only a desired one of the plurality of tool rails can be received in a corresponding one of the plurality of tool rail supports.
A method of assuring a desired assembly of a plurality of tools for a part transfer system comprising the steps of:
- a) spacing a first releasable mount from a first lug mount a first distance;
- b) spacing a second releasable mount from a second lug mount a second distance different than the first distance;
- c) spacing a mount plug from a lug on a first tool rail the first distance such that the mount plug is receivable within the first releasable mount and the lug is receivable within the first lug mount;
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- d) spacing a mount plug from a lug on a second tool rail the second distance such that the mount plug is receivable within the second releasable mount and the lug is receivable within the second lug mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.