Modular tower tooling system
US5887733A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 19, 1996 |
| Grant date | Mar 30, 1999 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 19, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10S269/90
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A modular tooling system having two or more base plates joined by elongated extender members and having a tubular member with opposite ends which are closed by cover members, each of which has an inner portion dimensioned to fit within the interior of the tubular member. The cover members are formed with through-holes with one of the cover members formed with threaded through-holes while the through-holes of the other cover member are non-threaded. An access opening, positioned in the side of the tubular member and proximate to the non-threaded through holes, permits the removal and insertion of fasteners into the non-threaded through holes for engagement with the threaded through-holes of the cover member attached to another tubular member or to threaded through-holes formed in one of the base plates. Alternatively, a double threaded, dowel fastener may be used to join the cover members each having threaded through-holes, of two tubular members. The dowel fastener includes a first threaded portion and a smaller threaded portion separated by a dowel section. The first threaded portion threadably engages the threaded through-holes of one of the cover members while the smaller thread…
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