Patent ID: 8141828

Claim:
An assembly comprising: a support table including a support table orifice; an insert plate within the support table orifice; and a mounting and leveling apparatus comprising: a clamp screw; and a mounting bracket that defines a first threaded hole that threadably engages the clamp screw, a second set of holes receiving mounting screws and a third set of threaded holes that each threadably engages leveling screws such that the leveling screws protrude from a top surface of the mounting bracket, wherein the mounting bracket has a protrusion that is formed by a first straight side and a second straight side and an arched corner; wherein the first straight side of the protrusion is continuous with the arched corner of the protrusion and the arched corner of the protrusion is continuous with the second straight side of the protrusion; wherein the third set of threaded holes are defined in the protrusion; wherein the support table orifice defines a first straight side and a second straight side and an arched corner; wherein the first straight side of the support table orifice is continuous with the arched corner of the support table orifice and the arched corner of the support table orifice is continuous with the second straight side of the support table orifice; and wherein the first and second straight sides of the protrusion and the arched corner of the protrusion extends into the support table orifice and continuously engages the first and second straight sides of the support table orifice and arched corner of the support table orifice; wherein the clamp screw pulls the insert plate towards the mounting bracket when tightened such that the leveling screws contact the insert plate and form contact sites upon which the insert plate rests, wherein the mounting screws couple the mounting bracket to the support table, and wherein the leveling screws are independently adjustable to allow a top surface of the insert plate to be precisely aligned with a top surface of the support table.