Universal inspection workpiece holder
CA 2136248 A1 · Owner: Budd Company (The) · Inventors: Smith, Larry Leon
Overview
Its claims, description and drawings are in the Canadian Patents Database.
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A modular system for the support and positioning of a workpiece for use with a device such as an inspection system. The system includes a base having a plurality of exterior faces, at least some of which have an array of equally spaced holes forming a grid pattern. At least one riser is attached to the base cube by a fastener, which can be inserted into the riser by defeating an outwardly biased locking member at the inner end of the fastener extending, through said riser and into the holes of the base cube. The fastener is used to provide positive location and fastening of the risers to the base cube. Functions of individual risers include support clamping, datum point positioning, and …
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Why it's free to use
- Filed November 21, 1994. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended November 21, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by November 21, 2016.
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