Metal working – Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for... – Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
Patent
1987-03-31
1988-10-18
Briggs, William R.
Metal working
Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...
Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
29 27C, 82 2R, B23Q 3157, B23B 1100
Patent
active
047777133
ABSTRACT:
A machine tool includes a plurality of tool holders (4, 7, 19, 64) each holding a tool (4a, 7a, 19a, 81), a first spindle (16) having an axis for holdling each tool holder, a spindle head (15) for supporting rotatably the first spindle (16), means (17a) for rotating the first spindle (16), relative to the spindle head (15), means (18) for moving the spindle head (15) in a first direction (X) which is in parallel to the axis of the first spindle (16), means (13) for moving the spindle head (15) in a second direction (Z) which is at a right angle to the first direction (X), a chuck (22) for chucking a workpiece (W), a second spindle (21) for holding the chuck (22), the second spindle (21) extending at a right angle to the first spindle (16), a spindle support (20) for supporting rotatably the second spindle (21), means (24 ) for rotating the second spindle (21) together with the chuck (22), means (25) for indexing the second spindle (21) together with the chuck (22), and means (3) for locking the first spindle (16) so as to prevent the first spindle (16) from rotating whereby the workpiece (W) can be machined, drilled and ditched while the chuck (22) continues to chuck the workpiece (W).
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patent: Re31288 (1983-06-01), Matsuzaki et al.
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patent: 4404727 (1983-09-01), Zankle
patent: 4484387 (1984-11-01), Nachmany
patent: 4571796 (1986-02-01), Sellner et al.
Briggs William R.
Kananen Ronald P.
Kitamura Machinery Co. Ltd.
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