Patent ID: 7581939

Claim:
Apparatus for aligning opposing first and second tool sections during closing of the tool sections, the apparatus comprising: a projection integrally including: a base portion; a frustum-shaped tapered portion with a broad end and a narrow end, the broad end being integrally formed onto one end of the base portion; and a cylindrically-shaped guide portion projecting away from and integrally formed onto the narrow end of the tapered portion; a bushing having an upper surface and a central opening with internal contours which are complementary to outer contours of the guide portion; and a collar having a lower surface and a central opening which is aligned with the central opening of the bushing when the collar is mounted at a predetermined position on the bushing with the upper and lower surfaces in abutting engagement, the collar opening having internal contours which are complementary to outer contours of the tapered portion, the tapered portion of the projection and the collar guiding and directing the tool sections into alignment as the tool sections close.