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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 1980
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1978
Frank E Vanderwal, Jr, St. Louis County, MO (US);
Sunnen Products Company, St. Louis, MO (US);
Abstract
Improved guide means for supporting a rotatable member or mandrel during reciprocating motion thereof including a machine feed portion having a pair of guide rails spaced apart on a fixed support structure, a plurality of longitudinally spaced support members for supporting each of the guide rails at spaced locations therealong, each of which has an upwardly facing rail engaging surface defined by angularly related surface portions, a carriage structure having spaced rail engaging support members mounted for movement on the respective rails, and apparatus associated with the rail support members including mechanism adjustable to precisely align the support members with the respective rails.