Patent ID: 7431502

Claim:
Improvements in universal aerial or die-mount cams, comprising: a slide and an adapter assembly arranged in vertically stacked relation; slidably arranged bearing surfaces between the slide and the adapter assembly for coupling the slide and the adapter assembly and for relative sliding movement upon closing and opening of platens of a press between which a cam can be arranged; additional bearing surfaces on the slide arranged for relative sliding movement between the slide and a driver, and a portion of the adapter assembly being angularly and continuously adjustable to enable one slide to accommodate drivers having bearing surfaces ranging from being uninclined to the horizontal to being inclined at an acute angle; wherein the adapter assembly comprises: a universal adapter for engaging and shifting the slide and having an arcuate portion; and a pair of opposing side plates each having an arcuate recess complementing the arcuate portion of the universal adapter to receive the arcuate portion of the universal adapter, to allow a continuous angular adjustment of the universal adapter in the plane of motion of the slide, and to maintain a desired angular adjustment.