Work holder for adjustably supporting a workpiece
OwnerRichard G. Marekinventor
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Abstract
Disclosed herein is a work holder for supporting a workpiece, the work holder including a frame and an upright member supported by the frame and having a longitudinal axis. The work holder also includes a support member for supporting the workpiece, and a bracket member supporting the support member and supported by the upright member for movement longitudinally on the upright member. The support member is also supported for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal axis and about an axis transverse to both the generally horizontal axis and the upright member.
Claims12
A work holder for supporting a workpiece, the work holder including a frame, an upright member supported by said frame and having a longitudinal axis, a support member for supporting the workpiece, means for supporting the support member for movement along said longitudinal axis including a bracket member supported by said upright member and movable longitudinally on said upright, for pivotal movement about a generally horizontal axis, and for tilting movement about an axis transverse to said generally horizontal axis and transverse to said upright member, an upwardly and outwardly extending arm supported by said bracket member, a second arm supported by said upwardly and outwardly extending arm, said second arm having a free end supporting a suction member, said suction member being engageable with said workpiece for support thereof, a pair of collars, each of said collars having a longitudinal axis, said collars being joined together in side-by-side relation and with the longitudinal axes of said collars being angularly disposed, one of said collars being adjustably supported longitudinally and circumferentially on said upwardly and outwardly extending arm, and the other of said collars supporting said second arm for adjustable positioning thereof.
A work holder for supporting a workpiece, said work holding including
- a frame,
- an upright member supported by said frame and having a longitudinal axis,
- a bracket,
- means adjustably supporting said bracket on said upright member for movement longitudinally of said upright member,
- a first mounting member,
- a supporting element adapted to engage and support the workpiece,
- means for adjustably fixing said support element to said first mounting member to variably locate said support element relative to said first mounting member,
- means adjustably supporting said first mounting member on said bracket for movement about a first axis,
- a second mounting member,
- a support member adapted to engage and support the workpiece,
- means adjustably fixing said support member to said second mounting member to variably locate said support member relative to said second mounting member, and
- means adjustably supporting said second mounting member on said first mounting member for movement about a second axis perpendicular to said first axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.