Patent ID: 6058988
Filing Date: 2000-05-09
Classification: B27C,Y10T

Abstract:
An assembly for positioning a plurality of similarly configured workpieces sequentially in a selected orientation between headstock and tailstock assemblies of a machine comprising:a least one support member;a jointed linkage supported on at least one of said headstock and tailstock assemblies, supporting said support member and manipulatable to allow positioning of said support member in a support relationship with an initial one of said workpieces disposed in said selected orientation between said headstock and tailstock assemblies;means for fixing the interrelationship of the components of said linkage when said support member is positioned in said support relationship with said initial one of said workpieces to place said positioning assembly in an operative condition; andmeans for displacing said positioning assembly when in said operative condition between an operative position for supporting a sequential one of said workpieces in said selected orientation and an inoperative position.