Translatable single drive means for multiple flexible-shaft...

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2007-05-01

2007-05-01

Ross, Dana (Department: 3722)

Tool changing

Including machine tool or component

Rotary spindle machine tool

C029S560000, C408S127000

Reexamination Certificate

active

11335388

ABSTRACT:
An apparatus for operating multiple tool bits, all being independently powered through flexible shafts by a single motor, wherein each flexible shaft is connected to a dedicated docking station, and the single drive motor is operatively connected to a given docking station only when the particular tool bit dedicated to that particular docking station is desired to be operational. The motor is translated along a track corresponding to the pathway defined by the docking stations.

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