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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Paul D. Terpstra, Janesville, WI (US);
Lee K. Hilgendorf, Milton, WI (US);
Gilman Engineering & Manufacturing Co. LLC, Janesville, WI (US);
Abstract
A workstation having an adjustable support structure is disclosed. The workstation includes a beam, a position locking apparatus, and a workpiece-supporting device slideable along the beam to a position where it is locked by the locking apparatus. The locking apparatus is configured to exert a constraining force proportional to a load force. Also disclosed is a workstation including a means for supporting a workpiece, a means for supporting a means for supporting the workpiece at a selected distance above a floor, and a means for frictionally securing the means for supporting the workpiece to the means for supporting the means for supporting the workpiece. Also disclosed is a workstation including a vertically disposed support member and at least one tooling plate assembly including a position securing apparatus for securing the tooling plate assembly in a selected vertical position and including wedging surfaces cooperating in frictionally securing the tooling plate assembly to the support member, wherein the securing force corresponds to the loading force.