Metal working – Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for... – Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
Patent
1990-03-30
1991-01-01
Briggs, William
Metal working
Plural diverse manufacturing apparatus including means for...
Common reciprocating support for spaced tools
279 1F, 414730, 901 30, B23Q 3155, B66C 100, B25J 1500
Patent
active
049809636
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for fixing and changing tools on movable working machines, e.g. robot arms, comprising a retaining element (A) with a fixing trunnion (2) fixed to the working machine part and on which are formed retaining groove (4) at right angles to its axis; a fixing element (B) fixed to the tool and having a reception opening (9) for the fixing trunnion (2) and with fixing slides (6) engaging positively in the retaining grooves (4) and displaceable in the direction of the latter in opposition to the tension of springs (7) and which have in each case one fixing opening (8) aligned in the tool change position with the reception opening (9); a change element (C) for receiving the locking element (B) in the change position with a motor (operating cylinder (13)) displaceable change fork (14) for moving the fixing slides (6) out of the fixing position and into the change position in opposition to the tension of springs (7).
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