Workpiece-holding system
AssigneeGerhard Haberle
InventorRainer Haberle
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Abstract
A system for holding a workpiece has a support table having a support surface and formed with an array of anchor seats opening at the support surface. At least one clamp securable in a one of the seats has a clamp body displaceable parallel to the support surface. A stop body normally lying on the surface has a centering formation defining an axis generally perpendicular to the support surface and has a polygonal periphery defined by a plurality of flat sides generally perpendicular to the surface and lying at different spacings from the axis. An anchor centered on the axis and seated in a one of the seats secures the stop body to the surface with one of its sides bearing against the workpiece and the stop-body axis fixed relative to the respective seat.
Claims18
A system for holding a workpiece, the system comprising:
- a support table having a support surface and formed with an array of anchor seats opening at the support surface;
- at least one clamp securable in a one of the seats and having a clamp body displaceable parallel to the support surface;
- a stop body normally lying on the surface, having a centering formation formed as a collar projecting from a face of the stop body, engaged in the respective seat, defining an axis generally perpendicular to the support surface, and having a polygonal periphery defined by a plurality of flat sides generally perpendicular to the surface and lying at different spacings from the axis;
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- means including an anchor bolt centered on the axis, extending through the stop body, and seated in a one of the seats for securing the stop body to the surface with one of its sides bearing against the workpiece and the stop-body axis fixed relative to the respective seat.
The workpiece-holding system defined in claim 6 wherein the centering formation is a collar surrounding the bolt and engaged in the respective T-slot.
A system for holding a workpiece, the system comprising:
- a support table having a support surface and formed with a plurality of T-slots each having a relatively narrow neck region opening at the surface and of a predetermined transverse width;
- a T-nut in one of the slots;
- at least one clamp securable in a one of the slots and having a clamp body displaceable parallel to the support surface;
- a stop body normally lying on the surface, having a centering formation defining an axis generally perpendicular to the support surface, and having a polygonal periphery defined by a plurality of flat sides generally perpendicular to the surface and lying at different spacings from the axis, the centering formation being generally cylindrical and having an outside diameter equal generally to a transverse width of the neck region;
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- means including an anchor bolt centered on the axis and threaded into the T-nut for securing the stop body to the surface with one of its sides bearing against the workpiece and the stop-body axis fixed relative to the respective slot.
A system for holding a workpiece, the system comprising:
- a support table having a support surface and formed with a plurality of parallel T-slots opening at the support surface and each having a wide base region and a narrow neck region;
- a T-nut in one of the slots, formed with a threaded bore, and having a wide base part and a narrow neck part
- at least one clamp securable in a one of the slots and having a clamp body displaceable parallel to the support surface;
- a stop body
- normally lying on the surface,
- having a centering collar surrounding the bolt, engaged in the neck region of the respective T-slot, and defining an axis generally perpendicular to the support surface, and
- having a polygonal periphery defined by a plurality of flat sides generally perpendicular to the surface and lying at different spacings from the axis, the neck part of the T-nut and the collar having a combined axial length that is shorter than an axial depth of the neck region of the T-slot;
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- means including an anchor bolt centered on the axis, extending through the stop body, and threaded into the bore of the T-nut for securing the stop body to the surface with one of its sides bearing against the workpiece and the stop-body axis fixed relative to the respective slot.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.