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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 05, 1983
Richard M Elliott, Beverly, MA (US);
Larry L Holland, Beverly, MA (US);
Andrew J Gilbride, Swampscott, MA (US);
Thomas J Gilligan, III, Danvers, MA (US);
Lawrence P Ciccia, Medford, MA (US);
John F Martin, Essex, MA (US);
USM Corporation, Farmington, CT (US);
Abstract
The method of aligning and loading a substrate onto a powder reinforcement machine wherein a guide pin arrangement is adjusted with respect to settings on a portion of the machine frame and then adjusted distancewise from the machine frame, the guide pins themselves then adjusted with respect to the guide pin support, to facilitate alignment of substrates on the machine, the settings being repeatable for differently contoured substrates if desirable. The guide pin support being shiftable for removal from the path of a substrate transport cube, permitting rapid alignment of successive substrates of a particular configuration.