Turning – Lathe – Portable
Patent
1997-06-30
2000-02-22
Pitts, Andrea L.
Turning
Lathe
Portable
82132, 82142, 82148, B23B 1902
Patent
active
060267208
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for servicing and repairing cues including a collet mounted to a rotation member and having a collet body defining a passage including a generally conical surface, at least two collet jaws formed of a flexible resilient material and slidably disposed within the passage to define arcuate gaps with the surface, and an adjuster for slidably moving the collet jaws to flexibly bear against a cue inserted through the collet. A cutter feed includes a mounting to a bed proximate to a headstock for movement parallel to the bed. A cue tip shaper mounted to the cutter feed and having a rotatable arm for shaping a cue tip to a preselected curvature. A flexible resilient sleeve rotationally mounted to a support for holding a cue by frictional contact. A pivot mount for mounting a motor to the bed in a first position proximate to the support and pivotable to a second position proximate to the headstock. A pincers press mounted for sliding movement along a guide way to pinch and smooth wrap on a cue. An iron mounted for sliding movement along the guide way to apply heat and pressure to wrap on a cue. A cue tip holder for mounting to the cutter feed and having at least one resilient finger adapted to hold a cue tip for attachment to the cue.
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Pitts Andrea L.
Tsai Henry W. H.
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