Patent ID: 7063301

Claim:
A facilities connection locator for use with a support apparatus for supporting manufacturing equipment, comprising: a fluid tight bucket having: a bottom surface; a plurality of side walls extending upwardly from the bottom surface; a mounting mechanism adapted to mount the fluid tight bucket to a support apparatus for supporting manufacturing equipment so that the fluid tight bucket has a fixed position relative to the support apparatus in an x-axis, a y-axis and a z-axis; at least one fluid connection port formed in the fluid tight bucket; a vacuum connection port; a fluid tight riser that surrounds the vacuum connection port, the fluid tight riser having a plurality of openings formed therein; a facilities connection line extending through the vacuum connection port and fixedly coupled to the fluid tight riser, comprising: a top surface; and a locating flange positioned a fixed distance below the top surface, and adapted to be fixed in place relative to the fluid tight riser; and a plurality of elements that extend through the plurality of openings, to contact the locating flange and thereby fix the facilities connection line in place relative to the fluid tight riser.