Patent ID: 6139211
Filing Date: 2000-10-31
Classification: F16B,G01P,Y10T

Abstract:
A horizontal-mount bracket system for automatically setting an air gap between an article and an object, said system comprising:a multi-component bracket comprising a first bracket component having a first opening, and a second bracket component having a second opening, said first and second bracket components being juxtaposed, wherein said first and second openings mutually communicate;mounting means for mounting said multi-component bracket upon a horizontal surface which is parallel to a horizontal axis;displacement means for displacing the first and second bracket components relative to each other along the horizontal axis;an article positioned in said first and second openings, said article having a body; andtooth means located at at least one of said first and second openings for inscribing said body when said displacement means displaces said first and second bracket components relative to each other, wherein said tooth means inscribes said body at a predetermined angle with respect to said horizontal axis;wherein said displacement means displaces said first and second openings relative to each other from a first relative position whereat said article is free to vertically move with respect to said first and second bracket components to a second relative position whereat said tooth means has inscribed said body.