Method and system for the production of frame structure for printing presses
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorNathan A Levy
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Abstract
A press cage may include pairs of opposing wall plates, each of the pairs of wall plates being orthogonal with respect to the other pairs, with corresponding machined indentations located at predetermined locations on broad faces of the wall plates which are adjacent to each other. The press cage may also include coupler assemblies made of coupler parts, each of the parts fixed to machined indentation of the corresponding machined indentations at one of the predetermined locations, the coupler parts locked together.
Claims14
A coupler assembly for coupling adjacent orthogonal wall plates, the coupler assembly comprising:
- coupler parts, each of the coupler parts comprising:
- an outer facet configured to contact a respective machined indentation of corresponding machined indentations located at predetermined locations on broad faces of the orthogonal wall plates which are adjacent to each other, the outer facet including a first member to engage a second member of a respective one of the machined indentations, the first member including a protrusion to engage a groove of the second member,
- the outer facet of one of the coupler parts being orthogonal to the outer facet of another one of the coupler parts, and the coupler parts having adjacent internally facing facets, wherein the coupler parts are identical, wherein a bore extends between the internally facing facets of the coupler parts;
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- a locking mechanism comprising a locking screw extending through the bore to lock the coupler parts together.
A coupler assembly for coupling adjacent orthogonal wall plates, the coupler assembly comprising:
- coupler parts, each of the coupler parts comprising:
- an outer facet configured to contact a respective machined indentation of corresponding machined indentations located at predetermined locations on broad faces of the orthogonal wall plates which are adjacent to each other, the outer facet including a first member to engage a second member of a respective one of the machined indentations, the first member including a protrusion to engage a groove of the second member,
- the outer facet of one of the coupler parts being orthogonal to the outer facet of another one of the coupler parts, and the coupler parts having adjacent internally facing facets;
- a locking mechanism to lock the coupler parts together, wherein the locking mechanism comprises a locking screw;
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- screws, wherein each of the coupler parts includes a bore for accommodating a respective screw of the screws to fix the respective one of the coupler parts to the corresponding machined indentation, and
- wherein a bore extends between the internally facing facets of the coupler parts to accommodate the locking screw of the locking mechanism.
A method of forming a coupler assembly for coupling adjacent orthogonal wall plates, the method comprising:
- arranging a plurality of coupler parts of the coupler assembly for fixing to the orthogonal wall plates, each of the coupler parts comprising:
- an outer facet configured to contact a respective machined indentation of corresponding machined indentations located at predetermined locations on broad faces of the orthogonal wall plates which are adjacent to each other, the outer facet including a first member to engage a second member of a respective one of the machined indentations, the first member including a protrusion to engage a groove of the second member,
- the outer facet of one of the coupler parts being orthogonal to the outer facet of another one of the coupler parts, and the coupler parts having adjacent internally facing facets, wherein the internally facing facet of a first of the coupler parts is angled with respect to the outer facet of the first coupler part, and the internally facing facet of a second of the coupler parts is angled with respect to the outer facet of the second coupler part, and wherein a bore extends between the internally facing facets of the coupler parts;
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- locking, using a locking mechanism comprising a locking screw extending through the bore, the coupler parts together.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.