Cover Plate

Paint a narrow band of Japan black to finish off, round the joint, overlapping on to the cover-plate. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

Trim off any projecting pieces of cement with an old knife, burr over the joint between jar and cover-plate with a hot smooth piece of metal (e. g., the searing iron). ❋ Unknown (N/A)

This is most conveniently done by placing the cleaned and polished cover-plate upon a piece of asbestos millboard over a bunsen flame turned low. ❋ Unknown (N/A)

When the shim is in place, or the jacking ring set up, whichever the case may be, the cover-plate bolts may be taken out, the nuts on the long screws holding the cover in place. ❋ Unknown (1902)

This brings the ring against a shoulder on the shaft and then the cover-plate and step may be taken down. ❋ Unknown (1902)

Then through the hole in the step-screw a 3/4-inch rod with threads on both ends is passed and screwed into the top step; then the cover-plate is blocked so it cannot rise and, with a nut on the lower end of the 3/4-inch rod, the top step is pulled down as far as it will come. ❋ Unknown (1902)

Two of the bolts holding the cover-plate in place are removed, these long bolts put in their places and the nuts screwed up against the plate to hold it while the remaining bolts are removed. ❋ Unknown (1902)

The 3/4-inch pipe which passes up through the step-screw is taken down and, by means of the nuts on the long screws, the cover-plate is lowered about 2 inches. ❋ Unknown (1902)

The cover-plate is let down by means of the two nuts, and the top step-block follows. ❋ Unknown (1902)

The large block which with its threaded bronze bushing forms the nut for the screw is called the cover-plate, and is held to the base of the machine by eight ❋ Unknown (1902)

A series of cover-plate kits has been added to the range of OK-Vise low-profile workholding equipment available from 1st Machine Tool Accessories (1st MTA). ❋ Unknown (2010)

The actual hooks are a cover-plate that slips over the mounting plate to be secured by a hidden set screw. ❋ Unknown (2009)