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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 14, 1992
Thomas J Bullaro, Palos Heights, IL (US);
Continental White Cap, Inc., Downers Grove, IL (US);
Abstract
A shaft locking device for precisely maintaining axial and rotational position of a machine part, with the mechanism including a shaft positioning element having an opening lying along a first axis for receiving a rotatable part, a rotatable and axially moveable part positioned within the opening and including a groove having its centerline or locus of maximum depth lying perpendicular to the machine part rotational axis, with the shaft positioning element further including a threaded set screw arranged coplanar with the groove plane and perpendicular to but offset from the shaft axis and having a contoured end face moveable into cooperating engagement with a portion of the groove surface.