Apparatus for positioning workpieces in selected translational and rotational orientations
Abstract
Abstract APPARATUS FOR POSITIONING WORKPIECES INCLUDING THREE LEAF SPRING MEMBERS, TWO OF WHICH ARE IN ALIGNMENT, ONE END OF EACH BEING MOUNTED IN A FIXED POSITION AND THE OTHER OR FREE ENDS BEING SPACED FROM AND FACING EACH OTHER. A THIRD MEMBER SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO THE OTHER TWO ALIGNED MEMBERS IS MOUNTED ON THE FREE ENDS OF BOTH OF SAID OTHER MEMBERS. ACCORDINGLY, THE FIRST TWO MEMBERS ARE DEFLECTABLE ABOUT FIXED PIVOTS WHILE THE THIRD MEMBER IS DEFLECTABLE ABOUT A FLOATING PIVOT FORMED BY THE FREE ENDS OF THE FIRST TWO MEMBERS. THE APPARATUS ALSO INCLUDES FIRST AND SECOND MEANS FOR APPLYING LINEAR FORCES RESPECTIVELY TO SAID FIRST AND SECOND MEMBERS, WHICH FORCES ARE SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO A FIRST COORDINATE AXIS, AND MEANS FOR APPLYING TO SAID THIRD MEMBER A LINEAR FORCE WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY PERPENDICULAR TO A SECOND COORDINATE AXIS. THE RESULTING DISPLACEMENT OF THE THIRD SPRING MEMBER IS APPLIED TO THE WORKPIECE BEING ORIENTED.
Inventors
- 👤 Edward P Hecker
- 👤 Joseph E Kulak
- 👤 Bela Musits
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