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Adjustable tooling

  • US 10,001,506 B2
  • Filed: 09/30/2015
  • Issued: 06/19/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tool for adjustably mounting an object to a fixture, the tool comprising:

  • a tine shaped to support the object;

    a bolt affixed to the tine having a plurality of engagement elements spaced apart along a bolt body;

    a nut configured to be selectively retained at a plurality of positions along the bolt body corresponding with one or more of the plurality of engagement elements;

    a base configured to secure the nut to the fixture such that movement of the nut between the plurality of positions correspondingly adjusts mounting of the bolt relative to the fixture and in turn the object supported on the tine, thereby adjustably mounting the object to the fixture;

    wherein the plurality of engagement elements are spaced apart along an axial length of the bolt body, the axial length being greater than a width of the nut such that the nut can be positioned at a middle position and moved therefrom toward at least a forward position and a rearward position, each of the middle, forward and rearward positions being a corresponding one of the plurality of positions; and

    wherein the base is immovable affixed to the nut such that an offset measured along the axial length of the bolt body between the tine and the fixture increases when the nut moves from the middle position toward the forward position and decreases when the nut moves from the middle position toward the rearward position.

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