Patent ID: 6170375
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: B21D,B30B,Y10T

Abstract:
In a bump cam, the combination comprising:a housing having a pair of angularly intersecting passageways each opening outwardly at one end through the housing;a driver slidably received in one passageway and having an angularly disposed driving face;a tool holder slidably received in the other passageway and closely supported therein for accurately guided rectilinear movement; anda sacrificial force transmitting block received in said housing at the intersection of said passageways and having an angularly disposed face engaged with the angularly disposed face of the driver along an inclined interface therebetween; andsaid block and tool holder having interfitting portions floatingly coupling the block and holder together for relative movement therebetween perpendicular to the rectilinear movement of the tool holder to shift the tool holder in its passageway outwardly of the housing upon depression of the driver without imposing a lateral loading on the tool holder affecting its closely guided movement.