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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2007
Filed:
Dec. 17, 2003
Keitaro Yonezawa, Kobe, JP;
Tsutomu Shirakawa, Kobe, JP;
Yosuke Haruna, Kobe, JP;
Kosmek, Ltd., Kobe-shi Hyogo, JP;
Abstract
A housing () is provided in a reference block (). An annular plug (), which is to be inserted into a positioning hole () of a work pallet (), is projected upward from the housing (). An output member () is inserted into a guide hole () of the housing () vertically movably. An upper end of the output member () is inserted into the annular plug (), and a plurality of pressing members () are supported on a peripheral wall () of the annular plug () radially movably. An annular aligning space () is formed between a guided portion () of the output member () and the guide hole (). A shuttle member (), which is diametrically expandable and contractible, is inserted into the aligning space (). The shuttle member () is urged upward by a spring ().