Patent ID: 6817746
Filing Date: 2004-11-16
Classification: G01N,G02B

Abstract:
A cylinder to cone aligner (200) device for aligning the apertures and axes of symmetry of a solid cylindrical element (2) and an element (100) including a conical section where the apertures of said solid cylindrical element and said conical section are substantially normal to the corresponding axes of symmetry of said solid cylindrical element and said conical section, said cylinder to cone aligner comprising:(a) as outer tube (201); (b) a middle hollow cylindrical tube (202) including beveled edges on its inner cylindrical surface, said beveled edges being matched to a conical half-angle of said conical section; (c) an inner hollow cylindrical tube (203) including an outer cylindrical surface that is a close fit match to the inner cylindrical surface of said middle hollow cylindrical tube and beveled edges on its inner cylindrical surface, said beveled edges being matched to a conical half-angle of said conical section; wherein (d) the apertures and axes of said solid cylindrical element and said conical section can be aligned by (i) engaging the conical surface of said conical cross section simultaneously with the beveled edges of both the middle and the inner hollow cylindrical tubes, (ii) inserting the cylindrical element into the inner cylindrical opening of the inner hollow tube, and (iii) sliding the cylindrical element into the opening until its aperture engages the aperture of the conical section.