Rapid, tool-less adjusting system for hotstick tooling
AssigneeThe Whitaker Corporation
InventorRonald Treche
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Abstract
A hotstick component has a fastening subassembly for securing the component to another component or a hotstick and allowing reorientation of the component with respect to the hotstick while it is still attached. The component has a fastening end with a through hole. A fastening subassembly includes a screw member and a spring member. The screw member is received through the through hole and secures the other component to the hot stick component. The spring member is received along the screw member and maintains the component in an engaged position. The component is reoriented by moving it against the spring member into a disengaged position, readjusting the component's position, then allowing the spring member to push the component into an engaged position.
Claims14
A hotstick component to be secured to another component, comprising:
- a body having a fastening end;
- and
- a fastening subassembly which secures said fastening end of the body to the other component said fastening end includes a through hole and said fastening subassembly includes a screw member and a spring member, said spring member is disposed over said screw member and said screw member is received through said through hole to threadably engage the other component, the body is springably maintained in an engaged position in which the orientation of the body is fixed, wherein said fastening end includes a C-shaped member having inner walls and a mouth, two holes are disposed through said C-shaped member intersecting said mouth, a pin is disposed in the holes to bisect said mouth and form said through hole between said pin and said inner walls the fastening subassembly allows movement of the body into a disengaged position wherein the body is free to rotate about the fastening subassembly thereby being reoriented with respect to the other component.
A hotstick component to be secured to another component, comprising:
- a body having a fastening end, said fastening end having a through hole therein;
- and
- a fastening subassembly including a connecting member and a spring member said fastening end includes a through hole and said connecting member is a screw member, said spring member is disposed over said screw member and said screw member is received through said through hole to threadably engage the other component, said fastening end includes a C-shaped member having inner walls and a mouth, two holes are disposed through said C-shaped member intersecting said mouth, a pin is disposed in the holes to bisect said mouth and form said through hole between said pin and said inner walls, wherein the connecting member secures said fastening end of the body to the other component, and the spring member springably maintains the body in an engaged position in which the orientation is fixed, said fastening subassembly allows movement of the body into a disengaged position wherein the body is free to rotate about the fastening subassembly thereby being reoriented with respect to the other component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.