Centering and fixing apparatus
AssigneeHSST Corporation
InventorKiyoshi Mihirogi
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Abstract
A centering and fixing apparatus for a movable element includes a swing arm that is pivoted on a fixed base member for movement in a vertical plane. A fixing arrangement is mounted on the swing arm. The movable element includes a centering arrangement adapted to engage the fixing arrangement. The centering arrangement includes a pair of centering rollers spaced apart a predetermined distance in a direction perpendicular to the swinging plane of the swing arm. The fixing arrangement includes a single roller with a diameter larger than the distance between the centering rollers. The single roller is supported on the swing arm via a spherical bearing arrangement, and is positioned to simultaneously contact the centering rollers.
Claims6
An apparatus for centering and holding a movable member, comprising:
- fixing means provided on a swing arm supported for rotation in a vertical plane by a fixed base member, whereby said swing arm is swingable in said plane;
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- a movable centering means including a pair of parallel centering rollers, and means for mounting said rollers with a predetermined distance therebetween in a given direction, said direction being perpendicular to said vertical plane;
- said fixing means comprising a single roller having diameter larger than said distance between said centering rollers, a spherical bearing on said swing arm, said single roller being rotatably supported by said swing arm on said spherical bearing means, said means for positioning comprising means for positioning said parallel rollers at a position wherein said fixing means simultaneously contacts both rollers of said pair of centering rollers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.