Face plate adapter for a machine tool
AssigneeThe United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Navy
InventorMaurice A. Smith
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Abstract
A face plate adapter for securing a tubular work piece to a machine tool rotating said work piece about an axis comprising a face plate, an adjustable mounting assembly for mounting the adapter to a machine tool, an elongated nesting member extending outwardly from the face plate for receiving the work piece in a nesting relation therein such that the work piece extends outwardly from the face plate substantially along the rotation axis, and an adjustable clamping device for securing the work piece in the nesting member.
Claims4
A face plate adapter for securing a tubular work piece to a machine tool for rotating said work piece about an axis comprising:
- a face plate;
- means for adjustably mounting said face plate to said machine tool for rotation therewith, said means including a plurality of substantially parallel, elongated mounting slots formed in said face plate and securing means extending through said slots for adjustably securing said face plate to said machine tool;
- elongated nesting means extending outwardly from said face plate for receiving said work piece in a nesting relation therein so that said work piece extends outwardly from said face plate substantially along said axis;
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- adjustable clamping means for securing said work piece in said nested relation in said nesting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.