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US 6,554,265 B2Granted
Universal workholding V fixture convertable to other applications
OwnerRandall C. Andronicainventor
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Abstract
A workholding device for holding a workpiece securely for machining. One embodiment comprises a V fixture. Embodiments of the present invention are designed to be versatile and to provide the ability to accomplish other tasks beyond workholding, for example, enabling the punching of parts, the dressing of diamond wheels, sharpening drills of a wide range of sizes, and enabling deep hole center drilling.
Claims18
A V fixture comprising:
- a V block comprising substantially flat, perpendicular sides any of which may be used as a reference surface, said block having a V cavity on a first side and a flat planar base on a second side which is opposite said first side, said block comprising a plurality of apertures extending from said first side to said second side;
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- a tangent contact clamping plate comprising a flat surface, said plate comprising a series of holes dimensioned for alignment with said apertures in said V block so that said plate is attachable to said first side or said second side of said block for reversing clamp orientation, said plate comprising at least two fixed pins for locating said plate in said V block.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.