US3239940A

US3239940A - Collocating apparatus

Info

Publication number: US3239940A
Application number: US349416A
Authority: US
Inventors: Stuart P Berkowitz
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1964-03-04
Filing date: 1964-03-04
Publication date: 1966-03-15
Anticipated expiration: 1983-03-15

Description

March 15, 1966 s. P. BERKowlTz COLLOCATING APPARATUS Filed March 4, 1964 ATTORNEY United States Patent O 3,239,940 CGLLOCATING APPARATUS Stuart 1. Berkowitz, Franklin Township, Somerset, NJ. (408 Morris Ave., Elizabeth, NJ.) Filed Mar. 4, 1964, Ser. No. 349,416 Claims. (Cl. S31-484.5)

This invention relates to collocating apparatus and particularly to collocating apparatus employed in printing processes.

In the preparation of a plate for printing an array of identical images, the usual practice is to make a transparency bearing a single image and then expose the transparency to different portions of a light sensitized plate. There has been a problem, however, in accurately positioning the image bearing transparency with respect to the sensitized plate so that the images formed thereon are properly located with respect to the other images on the plate and, where multicolor printing is involved, with respect to complementary images on other plates.

Many devices have been proposed for mechanically locating the image bearing transparency with respect to the sensitized plate but they all seem to suffer one or more of the following deficiencies:

1) Too complex to be operated by inexperienced personnel;

(2) Too large and bulky to be accommodated within a vacuum frame;

(3) Too expensive to be afforded by the smaller printing shops; or

(4) Too limited in scope to be usable in all situations encountered in printing jobs.

With respect to the last deficiency, many devices are essentially unidirectional in that they `do not permit stepping of the image bearing transparency in both a horizontal and a vertical direction with equal facility. As a result, it is often necessary to perform the additional measures of stepping the image bearing transparency with respect to a sensitized film, developing the film to `form a multi-image bearing transparency, and then stepping the multi-image transparency with respect to the sensitized printing plate. This usually adds both to the expense and the time required to make up the printing plate and is therefore undesirable.

An object of this invention is to provide a positioning apparatus that does not suffer from any of the above enumerated deficiencies.

A further object of this invention is to provide a positioning apparatus that permits stepping of the image bearing transparency in both a horizontal and vertical direction with equal facility.

These and other objects of this invention are achieved in an illustrative embodiment thereof wherein the positioning apparatus comprises a carrier member having a pair of spaced pins extending therefrom for insertion in apertures in an image bearing member. The carrier member further includes two aligned groups of equally spaced apertures, and the pairs of corresponding apertures in these groups are adapted to be placed in registration with a pair of spaced apertures in a mounting member. One surface of the mounting member is relieved to accommodate the carrier member, while the reverse surface has a pair of spaced pins extending therefrom. The pins are accommodated by a longitudinal row of equally spaced apertures in a first leg of a movable locating member, and the pins when positioned therein serve to locate the mounting member and thereby the carrier member in a particular position along the lengt-h of `the first leg.

A second leg of the movable locating member extends at right angles to the first leg and is adapted to be positioned against a straight edge exten-ding along the length of a stationary locating member. The second leg includes 3,239,940 Patented Mar. 15, 1966 two aligned groups of equally spaced apertures that extend along the length thereof, and the stationary locating member includes a row of equally spaced apertures that extend parallel to the straight edge. The spacing between the apertures in the second leg differ from the spacing of the apertures in the stationary locating member, and a securing member having a first pair of pins for insertion in the apertures of the second leg and a second pair of pins for insertion in the apertures of the stationary locating member is adapted to locate the movable locating member in one of a plurality of positions along the length of the stationary locating member, which positions vary from one another in increments that are smaller than the spacing between the apertures in the stationary locating member.

A complete understanding of the invention and of these and other features and advantages thereof may be gained from consideration of the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawing wherein one embodiment of the invention is illustrated. It is to be expressly understood, however, that the drawing is for the purpose of illustration and description and is not to be construed as defining the limits of the invention.

In the drawing:

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing the relationship between the various members of the positioning apparatus of this lnvention;

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line 2-2 of FIG. l; and

FIG. 3 is a sectional view taken along line 3-3 of FIG. l.

Referring now to the drawing, the invention comprises a stationary locating member 10 including a perforate portion 12 of a particular thickness and a fiange portion 14 of a lesser thickness. The perforate portion 12 has a straight edge 16 that extends along the length of the stationary locating member 10 and demarcates the perforate portion from the flange portion 14. In addition, the perforate portion 12 has a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures 18 which row is spaced from and extends parallel to the straight edge 16. In one specific embodiment that will be referred to throughout the detailed descrip-tion, the apertures 18 are each one-eighth of an inch in diameter and the centers of the apertures are one-quarter of an inch apart.

A scale 20 is inscribed on the perforate por-tion 12 between the row of apertures 18 and the straight edge 16, the scale extending from the extreme left-'hand aperture to the extreme right-hand aperture. The scale 20 is graduated in sixteenths of an inch, and the graduations extend from the straight edge 16 to a guide line 22 that extends parallel to the :straight edge and is located to the straight edge side of the row of apertures 18, the one-quarter inch graduations corresponding to the centers of the apertures. The one inch graduations are advantageously provided with two sets of numbers. The first set of numbers (not shown) starts at zero in the center and has plus numbers to the right and minus numbers to the left, while the second set of numbers starts at zero at the left and has only plus numbers. In the specific embodiment the row of apertures 1S is thirty-four inches long.

The longitudinal extremity of the flange portion 14 comprises a straight edge 24 that extends parallel to the straight edge 16 of the perforate portion 12, and a scale 26, similar to and in alignment with the scale 20 on the perforate portion, irs inscribed along the straight edge 24. The straight edge 24 and scale 26 are used to locate a sensitized plate 28 with respect to the stationary locating member 10, a longitudinal edge of the sensitized plate being butted against the straight edge 24 and the plate being located in a particular position with respect to the scale 26. Advantageously, the plate 28 is located along the straight edge 24 so that the center of the longitudinal edge of the plate is aligned with the center of the scale 26.

A leg 30 of a movable locating member 32 has a straight edge 34 that is adapted to be positioned against the straight edge 16 of the stationary locating member 10, the leg 30 being positioned on the flange portion 14. The leg 30 has a thickness that is advantageously equal to the difference in thickness between the perforate portion 12 and the flange por-tion 14 of the stationary locating member 10, and thus with the movable locating member 32 positioned on the flange portion, the upper surface of the leg 30 is Hush with the upper surface of the perforate portion. In addition, the leg 30 is of a length so that the straight edge 34 thereof forms a rm bearing against the straight edge 16 of the 4stationary locating member 10. In the specific embodiment, the leg 30 is fifteen inches long.

Two spaced apart groups of apertures 36 are provided in leg 30 of the movable locating member 32, each group being located adjacent to one of the ends of the leg. The apertures 36 are equal in size and lie along a line that is spaced from and extends parallel to the straight edge 34. The apertures 36 in each group are spaced an equal distance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing of the apertures 18 in the stationary locating member 10 by a particular distance. This particular distance is advantageously equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member 32 along the stationary locating member 10. In the specific embodiment, the centers of the apertures 36 are ve-sixteenths of an inch apart, which distance differs from the onequarter inch spacing of the apertures 18 by one-sixteenth of an inch. Advantageously, the apertures 36 in the leg 30 are the same size as the apertures in the stationary locating member 10.

An abbreviated scale 38 is inscribed on the leg 30 to the outside of one of the groups of apertures 36. The scale 38 consists of a plurality of graduations that are equal in number to the apertures 36 in each group and are spaced the same distance apart as the distance between the apertures, there being an equal distance between each graduation and the corresponding aperture in the adjacent group. In the specific embodiment there are four graduations in the scale 38; the graduations ane spaced ve-sixteenths of an inch apart; and each graduation is spaced one and one-half linches from the corri..- sponding aperture in the adjacent group. The four grad.- uations are indicated on the drawing, from left to right, as the one-eighth graduation, the one-sixteenth graduation, the zero graduation, and the three-sixteenths graduation. These graduations extend through a guide line 40, the purpose of which is hereinafter explained, to the straight edge 34 of the leg 30.

The zero graduation on the scale 38 serves 4to locate the movable locating member 32 in a particular position along the length of the perforate por-tion 12 of the stationary locating member 10. A position is selected by aligning the zero graduation with the desired graduation on the scale of the base portion 10, the straight edge 34 of the leg 30 being contiguous with the straight edge 16 of the base portion. In addition, all of the graduations on the scale 38 serve to locate a member 42 for securing the movable locating member 32 in the selected position with respect to the stationary locating member 10.

The securing member 42 comprises a generally rectangular plate having two pairs of

pins

44 and 46 extending from one side thereof. The lower pair of pins 44 is adapted to be inserted into a spaced apart pair of the apertures 18 in the perforate portion 12 of the stationary locating member 10, and the upper pair of pins 46 is adapted to be inserted into corresponding apertures 36 in each of the groups of apertures in the leg 30. When the pins are So inserted, the securing member 42 iiXes the position of the movable locating member 32 with respect to the stationary locating member 10.

The

pins

44 and 46 are respectively slightly smaller in size than the

apertures

18 and 36, and the centers of the pins 44 are spaced apart a multiple of the `distance Ibetween the centers of corresponding apertures 36 in the groups of apertures. Furthermore, the centers of the pair of pins 44 and the pair of pins 46 lie along parallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to the distance from the centers of the apertures 18 to the straight edge 16 plus the distance from the centers of the apertures 36 to the straight edge 34. In the specie embodiment, the centers of the pins 44 are spaced seven inches apart, the centers of the pins 46 are spaced seven inches apart, and the center lines are spaced one and one-quarter inches apart.

The side of the securing member 42 opposite to that `from which the

pins

44 and 46 extend includes a pair of arrow shaped guide markers 48 and a single arrow shaped guide marker 50, the guide markers having the points thereof at the side edges. The

guide markers

48 and 50 are located so that the points thereof respectively overlie the guide lines 22 and 40 when the securing member 42 is mounted with the

pins

44 and 46 thereof respectively positioned in the apertures 13 an-d 36 in the stationary and movable locating

rnem'bers

10 and 32. In addition, a guide edge 52 of the securing member 42 is spaced from the adjacent pin 46 the same distance that the individual graduations on the scale 38 are spaced from the corresponding aperture 36 in the adjacent group of apertures. As a result, when the securing member is mounted on the stationary and

movable locating members

10 and 32, the guide edge 52 ovcrlies one of the graduations of the scale 3S.

Thus to mount the securing member 42 on the stationary and

movable locating members

10 and 32, it is only necessary to respectively align the guide markers 48 and 5t) with the guide lines 22 and 40 and align the guide edge 52 with one of the graduations on the scale 38. The particular graduation with which the guide edge 52 is aligned is -determined by the position of the movable locating member 32 with respect to the stationary locating member 10. If the movable locating member 32 is located with the zero graduation of the scale 38 thereon aligned with a one-quarter inch graduation (i.e., one-quarter, onehalf, three-quarters, or one) on the scale 20 of the stationary locating member 10, the guide edge 52 is aligned with the zero graduation on the scale 38.

If the movable locating member 32 is located with the zero graduation of the scale 38 aligned with a onesixteenth graduation (i.e., one-sixteenth, tive-sixteenths, nine-sixteenths, and thirteen-sixteenths) on the scale 20, the guide edge 52 is aligned with the one-sixteenth graduation on the scale 38. If the movable locating member 32 is located with the zero graduation of the scale 38 aligned with a one-eighth graduation (i.e., one-eighth, three-eighths, five-eighths, and seven-eighths), on the scale 20, the guide edge 52 is aligned with the one-eighth graduation on the scale 38. Finally, if the movable locating member 32 is located with the zero graduation of the scale 38 aligned with a three-sixteenths graduation (i.e., three-sixteenths, seven-sixteenths, eleven-sixteenths, and fteen-s-ixteenths) on the scale 20, the guide edge 52 is aligned with the three-sixteenths graduation on the scale 38.

A leg 54 of the movable locating member 32 extends at right angles to the leg 30, and the leg 54 includes a perforate portion 56 of a particular thickness and a flange portion 48 of a lesser thickness, the combined thickness of the perforate and flange portions being advantageously the same as the combined thickness of the perforate and

flange portion

12 and 14 of the stationary locating member 1.0. The perforate portion 56 has a column of equally spaced and equally sized apertures 62 extending along the length of the leg 54 and advantageously the apertures 6,2l

are the same size as and spaced the same distance apart as the apertures 18 in the stationary locating member 1t). In the specific embodiment the apertures 62 are oneeighth of an inch in diameter and are spaced one-quarter of an inch apart.

A scale 64 is inscribed on the perforate portion 56 adjacent to the column of apertures 62. This scale 64 is graduated in sixteenths of an inch and the graduations extend from a guide line 66 that extends parallel to the column of apertures 62 and is located to one side of the apertures, the one-quarter inch graduations corresponding to centers of the apertures. The one inch graduations are advantageously numbered, starting at zero at the bottom and increasing upwardly. In the specific embodiment the scale 64 is twenty-three inches long.

The flange portion 58 of the leg 54 commences a distance above the leg 80 equal to the difference between the width of the leg 30 and the width of the ilange porrtion 14 of the stationary locating member 10, and it extends for a distance above the perforate portion 56. In addition, since the flange portion generally rests on the sensitized plate 28, the iiange portion advantageously extends to both sides of the perforate portion 56 and includes a protective backing 68, such as a thin rubber sheet, that prevents any marring of the surface of the sensitized plate.

A mounting member 70 is adapted to be mounted upon the leg 54, the mounting member comprising a generally rectangular plate having a pair of pins 72 extending from one side thereof. The pins 72 are inserted into a spaced apart pair of the apertures 62 and hence the pins are slightly smaller in size than the apertures and are spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures. In the specic embodiment the pins 72 are spaced eight inches apart. The other side of the mounting member 70 has a pair of arrow shaped guide markers 74 and when the mounting member is positioned with the pins 72 thereof inserted into a pair of the apertures 62 in the leg 54, the points of the guide markers overlie the guide line 66. In addition, the mounting member 70 has a guide edge 76 at one end thereof, which edge is spaced from the center of the adjacent pin 72 a multiple of the distance lbetween the centers of the apertures 62. Consequently, the guide edge 76 overlies one of the one-quarter inch graduations (Le. one-quarter, `one-half, three-quarters, or one) on the `scale 64 when the mounting member 70 is positioned with the pins 72 in the apertures 62. The side of the mounting member 70 having the guide markers 74 also has a relieved por tion 78 of reduced thickness having a pair of spaced apertures 80 therein, `the apertures being spaced a multiple of the distance between the centers of the aperture 62. In the specific embodiment the guide edge 76 is spaced one-half inch from the center of the adjacent pin 72 and the apertures 80 are spaced eight inches apart.

The relieved portion 78 of the mounting member 70 is adapted to accommodate a carrier 82 having a thickness equal to the difference in thickness between the relieved portion and the remainder of the mounting member, and hence when Ithe carrier is positioned on the relieved portion its upper surface is flush with the remainder of the mounting member. The carrier 82 has a pair of spaced pins 84 protruding from the surface thereof and the pins are adapted to be inserted into correspondingly spaced and sized apertures in an image bearing member 86, whereby the image bearing member is secured to the carrier. The image bearing member 86 has mounted thereon a transparency 88 that is to be exposed to the sensitized plate 28. Although not shown, the carrier 8.2 may be an L-shaped member having right angle legs in which case it would have a pin 84 at the extremity of each leg and one at the apex, and the image bearing member 86 would accordingly be provided with three correspondingly spaced apertures. The carrier 82 also has two spaced apart groups of apertures 90 therein, and the apertures are equal in size and lie along a common -l-ine. In addition, the apertures 90 are spaced an equal distance apart in each group and this distance differs from the spacing of the apertures 62 in the leg 54 by a particular distance. This particular distance, which is advantageously the same as the difference between the spacing of the apertures 18 in the stationary locating member 10 and the apertures 36 in the movable locating member 32, is equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of carrier 82 along the leg 54 of the movable locating member. In the specic embodiment, the centers of the apertures 90 are ve-sixteenths of an inch apart and this `distance differs from the one-quarter inch spacing of the apertures 62 by onesixteenth of an inch.

The apertures 98 are the same size as the apertures 80 in the mounting member 70, and the corresponding apertures 90 in each group are spaced the same distance apart as the apertures 80. Thus the carrier 82 is positionable on the mounting member 70 with a pair of the apertures 90 in registration with the apertures 80, and when so positioned a pair of pins 92 slightly smaller in diameter than the apertures is insertable therein to secure the carrier to the mounting member. The corresponding pairs of apertures 90 are identied by a legend 94, which is inscribed adjacent to one of the groups of apertures, as the zero, one-sixteenth, one-eighth, and three-sixteenths apertures, reading from top to bottom, and although not shown adjacent to the latter three legends minus fivesixteenths, minus ve-eighths, and minus ffteen-sixteenths are respectively inscribed.

The particular pair of apertures 90 in the carrier 8-2 that is placed in registration with the apertures in the mounting member 70 is determined by the desired location of the transparency 88 along the length of the leg 54 of the movable locating member 32. If the transparency 88 is to be located at a zero position (i.e., onequarter, one-half, three-quarters, or one), such as one at one and one-half inches, then the zero pair of apertures are secured in registration with the apertures 80, and the mounting member 70 is mounted on the leg 54 with the guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired location on the scale 64 on the leg 54, that is, in alignment with the one and one-half inch graduation.

If the transparency 88 is to be located at a one-sixteenth of an inch position (i.e., one-sixteenth, ve-sixteenths, nine-sixteenths, or thirteen-sixteenths), such as at one and nine-sixteenths inches, then the one-sixteenth pair of apertures 90 are secured in registration with the apertures 80, and the mounting member 70 is mounted on the leg 54 with the guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired location minus the five-sixteenths of an inch indicated, that is, in alignment with the one and one-quarter inch graduation.

If the transparency 88 is to be located at a one-eighth of an inch position (i.e., one-eighth, three-eighths, fiveeighths, or seven-eighths), such as at one and five-eighths inches, then the one-eighth pair of apertures 90 are secured in registration With the apertures 80 and the mounting member 70 is positioned on the leg 54 with the guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired location minus the ve-eighths of an inch indicated, that is, in alignment with the one inch graduation.

Finally, if the transparency 88 is to be located at a three-sixteenths of an inch position (i.e., three-sixteenths, seven-sixteenths, elevensixteenths, or iifteen-sixteenths), such as at one and eleven-sixteenths inches, then the threesixteenths pair of apertures 90 are secured in registration with the apertures 80 and the mounting member is positioned on the leg 54 with the guide edge 76 positioned in alignment with the desired location minus the fifteensixteenths of an inch indicated, that is, in alignment with the three-quarters of an inch graduation.

In the operation of the locating apparatus, the carrier 82 with the image bearing member S6 mounted thereon is secured to the mounting member 70, and the mounting member is mounted in a particular position on the leg 54 of the movable locating member 32. The movable locating member 32 is then stepped along the length of the stationary locating member 10, the transparency 88 being exposed to an individual portion of the sensitized plate 28 in each position. Conversely, the leg 30 of the movable locating member 32 is secured in a particular position along the length of the stationary locating member 10 and the mounting member 70 and carrier 82 are stepped along the length of the leg S4 of the movable locating member. It is seen that the image bearing member 86 may be moved in a horizontal or vertical direction with equal facility.

While this invention is described in the context of locating an image bearing transparency with respect to a sensitized plate, its usefulness is not limited thereto. It is to be expressly understood that this invention may be employed in other types of layout and alignment work.

What is claimed is:

1. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member including a perforate portion of a particular thickness and a iiange portion of a lesser thickness, the perforate portion having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge, the perforate portion further having a scale and a guide line inscribed thereon intermediate the row of apertures and the straight edge, the fiange portion having a straight edge extending parallel to the straight edge of the perforate portion and having a scale similar to and in alignment with the scale on the perforate portion;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a rst of the right angle legs being equal in thickness to the difference between the flange portion and the perforate portion of the stationary locating member and being adapted to being positioned on the flange portion, the first leg having a straight edge adapted to 'be positioned against the straight edge of the perforate portion, the first leg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the first leg further having a scale and a guide line inscribed thereon, the scale having a plurality of graduations spaced the same distance apart as the distance between the apertures, the second of the right angle legs having a perforate portion and a ange portion, the combined thickness of the perforate and fiange portions being substantially the same as the combined thickness of the perforate and fiange portions of the stationary locating member, the perforate portion of the second leg having a column of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being equal in size and spaced an equal distance apart, the perforate portion further having a scale and a guide line inscribed thereon adjacent to the column of apertures, the ange portion having a protective backing;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying along parallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to the distance from the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member to the straight edge thereof plus the distance from the centers of the apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member to the straight edge thereof, the other side of the securing member having a plurality of arrow shaped guide markers the points of which are adapted to be aligned with the guide lines on the perforate portion of the stationary locating member and the first leg of the movable locating member, the other side of the securing member further having a guide edge adapted to be aligned with the graduations on the first leg of the movable locating member;

mounting member having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in t-he apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the other side of the mounting member having a received portion of reduced thickness, the relieved portion having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the apertures and pin being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the other side of the mounting member further having arrow shaped guide markers the points of which are adapted to be aligned with the guide line on the second leg, the other side of the mounting member further having a guide edge: adapted to be aligned with a graduation on the scale of the second leg;

carrier member adapted to be positioned on the relieved portion of the mounting member, and being of a thickness such that when so positioned it is iiush with the surface of the now relieved portion, the carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups, and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along the second leg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures being the same as the distance between the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the means comprising a pair of pins sllghtly smaller than the apertures in the carrier member and the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member including a perforate portion of a particular thickness and a fiange portion of a lesser thickness, the perforate portion having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge, the perforate portion further having a scale inscribed thereon, the flange portion having a straight edge extending parallel to the straight edge of the perforate portion and having a scale similar to and in alignment with the scale on the perforate portion;

movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first of the right angle legs being equal in thickness to the difference between the ange portion and the perforate portion of the stationary locating member and being adapted to being positioned on the ange portion, the rst leg having a straight edge adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the perforate portion, the first leg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in b-oth groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the first leg further having a scale inscribed thereon, the scale having a plurality of graduatons spaced the same distance apart as the distance between the apertures, the second of the right angle legs having a perforate portion and a flange portion, the combined thickness of the perforate and flange portions 4being substantially the same as the combined thickness of the perforate and flange portions of the stationary locating member, the perforate portion of the second leg having a column of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures b eing equal in size and spaced an equal distance apart, the perforate portion further having a scale inscribed thereon;

securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the rst leg of the movable locating member, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying along parallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to the distance from the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member to the straight edge thereof plus the distance from the centers of the apertures in the rst leg of the movable locating member to the straight edge thereof, the other side of the securing member having a guide edge adapted to be aligned with the graduations on the first leg of the movable locating member;

mounting member having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the other side of the mounting member having a relieved portion of reduced thickness, the relieved portion having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the apertures and pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the other side of the mounting member further having a guide edgey adapted to be aligned with a graduation on the scale of the second leg;

carrier member adapted to be positioned on the relieved portion of the mounting member, and being of a thickness such that when so positioned it is l0 tures being the same as the distance between the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the means comprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in the apertures in the carrier member and the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member including a perforate portion and a flange portion, the perforate portion having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge, the perforate portion further having a scale inscribed thereon, the flange portion having a straight edge extending parallel to the straight edge of the perforate portion and having a scale similar to and in alignment with the scale on the perforate portion;

movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first of the right angle legs being adapted to being positioned on the ange portion, the first leg having a straight edge adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the perforate portion, the first leg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the first leg further having a scale inscribed thereon, the scale having a plurality of graduations spaced the same distance apart as the distance between the apertures, the second of the right angle legs having a perforate portion and a flange portion, the perforate portion of the second leg having a colu-mn of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being equal in size and spaced an equal distance apart, the perforate portion further having a scale inscribed thereon;

securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying along parallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to the distance from the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member to the straight edge thereof plus the distance from the centers of the apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member to the straight edge thereof, the securing member further having a guide edge adapted to be aligned with the graduations on the first leg of the movable locating member; mounting member having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the mounting member further having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the apertures and pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the second leg of the Amovable locating member, the mounting member further having a guide edge adapted to be aligned with a graduation on the scale of the second leg;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group 4being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups, and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along the second leg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures being the same as the distance between the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mounting member; and

4. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member including a perforate portion and a ange portion, the perforate portion having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge, the flange portion having a straight edge extending parallel to the straight edge of the perforate portion;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first of the right angle legs being adapted to being positioned on the ange portion, the first leg having a straight edge adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the perforate portion, the first leg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in both groups -being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the second of the right angle legs having a perforate portion and a flange portion, the perforate portion of the second leg having a column of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being equal in size and spaced an equal distance apart;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member, the sec- -ond pair of pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying along parallel lines which are spaced from one another a distance equal to the distance from the centers of the apertures in the perforate portion of the stationary locating member to the straight edge thereof plus the distance from the centers of the apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member to the straight edge thereof;

a mounting member having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the mounting member further having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the apertures and pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups, and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along the second leg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures being the same as the distance between the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mounting member; and

5. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of equally spaced and equally sized apertures spaced from and extending parallel to the straight edge;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first of the right angle legs having a straight edge adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the stationary locating member, the first leg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the second of the right angle legs having a column of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being equal in size yand spaced an equal distance apart;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member, the centers of the first and the second pair of pins lying along parallel lines;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the apertures in both groups being equal in size, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along the second leg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures in the groups of apertures being the same as the distance between the centers of the apertures in the mounting member, and the apertures in the carrier member being the same size as the apertures in the mounting member; and

-13 t means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member, the means comprising a pair of pins adapted to be positioned in the apertures in the carrier member and the mounting member.

- 6. Acollocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along the length thereof anda row of equally spaced apertures spaced from the extending parallel to the straight edge;

a moving locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first of the right angle legs having Ia straight edge adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the stationary locating member, the first leg further having two aligned groups of apertures therein, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance is the same for both groups and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the second of the right angle legs having a column of aligned apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being spaced an equal distance apart;

a securing member having a first and a second pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the first pair of pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the stationary locating member, the second pair of pins being spaced apart the distance between the centers of corresponding 'apertures in the groups of apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member;

a mounting member having a pair of spaced apertures therein, the mounting member further having a pair of pins extending from one side thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member, the Iapertures and pins being spaced apart a multiple of the distance between the centers of the apertures in the second leg of the movable member;

a carrier member having two aligned groups of apertures, the apertures in each group being spaced an equal distance apart which distance is the same for both groups, and which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along the second leg, the distance between the centers of the corresponding apertures in the groups of Iapertures being the same as the distance between the centers of the apertures in the mounting member; and

7. A collocating apparatus comprising:

a stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of equally spaced apertures aligned with and spaced from the straight edge;

a movable locating member including a pair of right angle legs, a first of the right angle legs being adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the stationary locating member, the first leg further having a plurality of apertures spaced along the length thereof, the apertures being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in `the stationary locating member, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between positions of the movable locating member along the stationary locating member, the second of the right angle legs having a column of aligned apertures equally spaced along the length thereof;

a securing member having a first and a second plurality of pins extending from one side thereof, the first plurality of pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the stationary locating member, the second plurality of pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member;

a mounting member having a plurality of spaced apertures therein, the mounting member further having a plurality of pins extending from one side thereof, the pins being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the second leg of the movable locating member;

carrier member having a plurality of apertures, the apertures being spaced an equal distance apart, which distance differs from the spacing between the apertures in the second leg, the difference being equal to the smallest desirable distance between the positions of the carrier member along the second leg, individual ones of the apertures being adapted to be positioned in registration with individual apertures in the mounting member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member having a straight edge extending along the length thereof and a row of apertures aligned with and spaced from the straight edge;

movable locating member having a pair of right angle legs, a first of which is adapted `to be positioned against the straight edge of the stationary locating member and both of which have a plurality 4of apertures therein spaced along the length thereof; securing member having a first and a second pair of spaced pins, the first pair being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the stationary locating member and the second pair being adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the movable locating member, the pins when so inserted fixing the position of the movable locating member with respect to the stationary loc-ating member;

mounting member having a pair of spaced pins extending therefrom adapted to be inserted in the apertures in the other rig-ht angle leg of the movable locating member to locate the mounting member in a particular position along the length of the other right angle leg, the mounting member further having a pair of spaced apertures therein;

carrier member having a pair of apertures adapted to be placed in registration with the apertures in the mounting member and pins adapted to be positioned within the apertures in a member to be carried by the carrier member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mounting member.

. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member having a straight edge and a plurality of apertures aligned with the straight edge;

movable locating member having a pair of legs, a first of which is adapted to be positioned against the straight edge of the stationary locating member and both of which have a plurality of apertures therein;

a securing member having spaced pins extending therefrom for insertion in the apertures in the stationary locating member and in the apertures in the first leg of the movable locating member to locate the movable locating member in a particular position along the length of the stationary locating member;

mounting member having spaced pins extending therefrom for insertion in the apertures of the other leg of the movable locating member to locate the mounting member in a particular position along the length of the other leg, the mounting member further having a plurality of apertures therein;

carrier member having apertures adapted to be placed in registration with the apertures in the mounting member and pins adapted to be positioned within apertures in a member to be carried by the carrier member; and

means for securing the carrier member to the mount ing member.

10. A collocating apparatus comprising:

stationary locating member having a plurality of apertures spaced along the length thereof;

movable locating member having a pair of legs, each of which have a plurality of apertures spaced along the length thereof;

means accommodated by the apertures in the stationa carrier member having a plurality of `apertures spaced along the length thereof; and

means accommodated by the apertures in the carrier References Cited by the Examiner UNITED STATES PATENTS 548,533 10/1895 Foster 33-l84.6 1,665,842 4/1928 Brunings 33-l84.5 2,131,323 9/1938 Huebner 33-184.5 X 2,452,544 11/1948 Brodie 33-1 2,565,608 8/1951 Hoff 33-1'89 X 2,711,031 5/1955 Kessler 33-180 2,825,142 3/1958 Johnson 33-184.5 2,825,976 3/1958 Radencic 33-184.5 2,983,049 5/1961 Andrisani 33t- 184.5 3,165,834 1/1965 Benton 33-174 X ISAAC LISANN, Primary Examiner.

Claims

10. A COLLOCATING APPARATUS COMPRISING: A STATIONARY LOCATING MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; A MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER HAVING APAIR OF LEGS, EACH OF WHICH HAVE A PLURALITY OF APERTURES SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; MEANS ACCOMMODATED BY THE APERTURES IN THE STATIONARY LOCATING MEMBER AND A FIRST OF THE LEGS OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER FOR SECURING THE FIRST LEG OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER IN DISCRETE POSITIONS ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE STATIONARY LOCATING MEMBER; A CARRIER MEMBER HAVING A PLURALITY OF APERTURES SPACED ALONG THE LENGTH THEREOF; AND MEANS ACCOMMODATED BY THE APERTURES IN THE CARRIER MEMBER AND THE SECOND LEG OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER FOR SECURING THE CARRIER MEMBER IN DISCRETE POSITIONS OF THE MOVABLE LOCATING MEMBER ALONG THE LENGTH OF THE SECOND LEG.