Tool mounting apparatus
AssigneeWidder Corporation
InventorAdrian H. Krieg
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Abstract
A plate having a flat surface for mounting the tool to an irregular or curved work piece is provided. The plate has a plurality of depending legs forming a notch between them for straddling the work piece. Means for fastening the plate to the work piece are also provided.
Claims7
Apparatus for supporting a tool relative to a work piece having a curved or irregular circumferential surface, comprising a flat mounting plate having a pair of side legs respectively depending from first and second opposite sides of said plate, each of said side legs having a substantially identical V-shaped notch adapted to receive said work piece, the apex of each notch being adjacent to and positioned substantially at the center of the mounting plate, and means attaching said plate to said work piece comprising a flexible fastener, first means attaching one end of said fastener to a third side of said plate and second means depending from a fourth side of said plate and adapted to engage the other end of said fastener, said second means including an adjustable device for pulling the said other end of said fastener toward the bottom of said plate to engage the edges of the notches into tight gripping relationship with the surface of said work piece.
Apparatus for dismountably supporting a drill having a magnetic base in operative relationship to a pipe to be drilled, comprising a flat tool-supporting plate of magnetic material, a pair of side legs respectively depending from first and second opposite sides of said plate, each of said legs having a substantially identical V-shaped notch adapted to receive said pipe, the apex of each notch being adjacent to and positioned substantially at the center of the supporting plate, and means attaching said plate to said pipe comprising a flexible fastener, first means attaching one end of said fastener to a third side of said plate, second means depending from a fourth side of said plate and adapted to engage the other end of said fastener, said second means including an adjustable device for pulling the said other end of said fastener toward the bottom of said plate to engage the edges of the notches into tight gripping relationship with the surface of said pipe.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.