US 11,945,064 B2
Static flexible tooling system
Larry Don Kirby, Edmond, OK (US)
Assigned to Advanced Machine Works, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed by Advanced Machine Works, LLC, Tulsa, OK (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/170,733.
Application 18/170,733 is a continuation of application No. 16/378,702, filed on Apr. 9, 2019, granted, now 11,583,965.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/656,795, filed on Apr. 12, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0191545 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. B23Q 1/03 (2006.01); B25B 5/14 (2006.01); B25B 11/00 (2006.01); B28B 7/02 (2006.01)
CPC B23Q 1/035 (2013.01) [B23Q 1/032 (2013.01); B25B 5/14 (2013.01); B25B 11/005 (2013.01); B28B 7/025 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A workpiece support assembly comprising:
a pedestal;
a support tube carried by the pedestal and having a longitudinal axis;
an offset arm carried by the support tube and selectively rotatable about its longitudinal axis, the arm having a rectilinear channel formed therein;
a fixture element supported above the channel and movable along a line parallel thereto, the fixture element having at least two degrees of rotational freedom;
and
a lockscrew disposed on the pedestal, such that rotation of the lockscrew in a first direction fixes the support tube in axial and rotational position relative to the pedestal, and wherein rotation of the lockscrew in a second direction allows rotation and axial movement of the support tube relative to the pedestal;
a block slidingly disposed within the channel;
a ball joint carried by the block and forming part of its interconnection to the fixture element; and
a clamp disc disposed between the ball joint and the block such that rotation of the ball joint in a first direction fixes a position of the block within the channel, and rotation of the ball joint in a second direction releases the block for sliding movement within the channel.