Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Assembling or joining
Patent
1986-05-22
1989-03-07
Wilson, Neill
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Assembling or joining
411539, 248678, 2481882, B23P 1900, F16M 100, F16B 4302
Patent
active
048094218
ABSTRACT:
A shim for insertion between the base of a machine and a support for the machine to adjust the spacing therebetween, which machine and support are secured together by bolt means extending between the base and the support, includes a body portion and a pair of leg portions integral with the body portion and extending forwardly therefrom to a front end of the shim. The leg portions define between them a bolt-means receiving slot extending rearwardly from the front end of the shim. Each of the leg portions has a front edge at the front end of the shim, which is inclined inwardly toward the slot and rearwardly. When the shim is inserted between a machine base and a support, and advanced toward bolt means extending therebetween, engagement of either one of the front edges of the leg portions with the bolt means causes the shim to move into a position of alignment of the slot and the bolt means for reception of the bolt means in the slot. Preferred shim structures also include a portion of portions integral with the body portion and extending rearwardly therefrom to the rear end of the shim, for gripping and other purposes.
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Precision Brand Products, Inc.
Wilson Neill
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