Tool changing – Including machine tool or component – Rotary spindle machine tool
Reexamination Certificate
2008-05-20
2008-05-20
Carter, Monica (Department: 3722)
Tool changing
Including machine tool or component
Rotary spindle machine tool
C483S003000, C483S054000, C483S056000, C483S057000, C483S059000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07374526
ABSTRACT:
A tool changing apparatus automatically changes tools mounted on the spindle of a transfer machine module. The apparatus includes a tool gripper magazine that releasably holds at least two tools. A guillotine supports the tool gripper magazine for motion between a raised stand-by position clear of the spindle and a lowered tool change position closer to the spindle so that the tools in the magazine can be exchanged with a tool supported on the spindle. A carriage movably supports the guillotine on a support frame for motion between a forward position adjacent the transfer line and the spindle and a rearward position displaced from the transfer line. When the carriage is in the rearward position, the guillotine can be lowered to a position where it is easily accessible to an operator so that the tools in the magazine can be replenished.
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Crelley Floyd P.
Kalaoui Hussein M.
McGaffey Keller J.
Saeedy Ali M.
Szuba Philip S.
Carter Monica
Farris Law, P.C.
Gates Eric A.
Kalaoui Hussein M.
Saeedy Ali M.
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