Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Japanese National Railways

Kuninori Azuma

Hiroshi Yoshida

Yoshihiro Murata

Haruhisa Furuishi

Hidenori Suzaki

Keiji Shimizu

Kinji Terawaki

Hiroshi Izumi

A pad comprising at least one sheet of material having a thermoplastic resinous composition and a heater actuable to heat and soften the sheet, the pad being for use in alignment of machine equipment, rails, beams, girders, or other constructional elements relative to a horizontal base, vertical or inclined line, or to other constructional elements. In use the pad is placed between the equipment, rail or the like and a support or abutment therefor, and the heater is actuated so as to soften the pad just sufficiently that the weight of object or a force thereon reduces the thickness of the pad an amount equal to the desired movement of the object necessary to achieve the desired alignment.

Electrically heated alignment pad

Growing community of inventors

Ikoma, Japan

Kuninori Azuma