Tool changing – Tool transfer to or from matrix – Matrix including means to project tool for transfer
Patent
1996-06-11
1998-01-06
Briggs, William R.
Tool changing
Tool transfer to or from matrix
Matrix including means to project tool for transfer
483 65, B23Q 3157
Patent
active
057048851
ABSTRACT:
A tool pot is carried by a rotatable pot carrier of a tool magazine to hold a cutting tool with a tail end portion. Swingable between a rest position and an operative position, the tool pot includes a body having an axial tapering bore, an axial end bore for reception of the tail end portion of the cutting tool and a plurality of radial holes each open into the axial end bore at their inner ends. A gripper is provided in the radial holes of the body for releasably gripping the tail end portion of the cutting tool during the time the cutting tool remains held in the tool pot. Built in the body is a tool lock that cooperates with the gripper to lock the cutting tool against removal during the time the tool pot is at the rest position and is caused to swing.
REFERENCES:
patent: 4117586 (1978-10-01), Uchtida et al.
patent: 4296541 (1981-10-01), Tsuboi et al.
Briggs William R.
Daewoo Heavy Industries Ltd.
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