Patent ID: 6484391
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: B23P,B25B,F16H,Y10T

Abstract:
An installation and removal assembly for positioning a bushing with respect to a work piece, said assembly comprising:a movable worktable including a base substrate and a mounting structure for securing said work piece to said base substrate; a press device disposed adjacent said movable worktable for pressing a bushing member into and/or out of an aperture provided on said work piece; and an automatic positioning mechanism for orienting said work piece at a press position substantially within a working press area of said press device where said bushing member is pressed into said work piece, wherein said movable worktable is automatically moved from a mounting position where said work piece is mounted onto said substrate to said press position within said working press area of said press device, and wherein said worktable pivots about a pivot axis from said mounting position to said press position.