Patent ID: 8534658
Filing Date: 2013-09-17
Classification: F16B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A mounting system for selectively mounting a fixture relative to a machining table, the system comprising: a tooling plate having a tooling plate first surface and an oppositely facing tooling plate second surface, the tooling plate being joinable to an associated machining table, the tooling plate including at least one mounting hole extending between the first and second surfaces, the at least one mounting hole having a mounting opening peripheral surface extending generally between the first and second tooling plate surfaces, the at least one mounting hole further including a bearing surface between the first and second tooling plate surfaces and a locking feature between the first and second tooling plate surfaces; a fixture plate having a fixture plate working surface and an oppositely facing fixture plate mounting surface, the working fixture plate surface being configured to receive an associated fixture or tooling and the mounting fixture plate surface configured to engage the first tooling plate surface, the fixture plate having at least one through hole alignable with the at least one mounting opening of the tooling plate; a shank having a shaft portion extending from a head portion to a distal end spaced from the head portion, the shaft portion extending along a shaft axis between the head portion and the distal end and having a radial shaft surface coaxial with the shaft axis, the shaft surface being smaller than the at least one through hole in the fixture plate allowing the shaft portion to pass through the at least one through hole of the fixture plate and enter the at least one mounting opening when the fixture plate is aligned with the tooling plate, the shank further including a locking arrangement selectively positionable between a locked condition and an unlocked condition; a double sided annular receiver bushing having a first end and a second end and including an inner passage extending about a passage axis between the first and second ends, the bushing further including a radially outwardly facing peripheral bushing surface, the inner passage being shaped to receive the shaft portion of the shank from either bushing end when the fixture plate is aligned with the tooling plate such that the shaft axis is closely aligned with the passage axis and the passage having a first mating locking arrangement facing the first bushing end and a second mating locking arrangement facing the second bushing end, the locking arrangement of the shank being selectively interengagable with one of the first and second mating locking arrangements of the receiver bushing to draw the shank down into the inner passage as the locking arrangement is moved from the unlocked condition to the lock condition thereby securing the shank relative to the receiver bushing and securing the fixture plate to the tooling plate, the outwardly facing bushing surface having a receiver bearing surface shaped to engage the bearing surface of the at least one mounting opening; the receiver bushing being generally locked or lockable within the at least one mounting opening axially and the receiver bushing being aligned laterally in the at least one opening by the engagement between the bearing surface of the at least one mounting opening and the outwardly facing surface.