Patent ID: 6619640
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: B23Q,B25H

Abstract:
A carriage mounted support and rotatable positioning apparatus for vehicle components, the apparatus comprising:an L shaped frame; a first engagement member of any size or shape fixedly mounted on a rotatable shaft journaled in a leg of the L shaped frame; a second engagement member removably attached to the first engagement member, the second engagement member having a pattern of apertures or attachment devices that match a pattern of apertures or attachment devices of at least one kind of a vehicle component wherein attachment of the first engagement member to the second engagement member and an attached vehicle component forms a balanced inertial mass according to a predetermined attachment relationship between the second engagement member and the vehicle component; a drive apparatus fixedly attached to the frame and operationally connected to the rotatable shaft for indexing the vehicle component to a predetermined position. wherein the second engagement member has a generally rectangular shape with a semi-circular cutout on a long edge of the second engagement member.