Tool changing – Including machine tool or component – Rotating work machine tool
Patent
1996-12-30
1998-10-06
Briggs, William R.
Tool changing
Including machine tool or component
Rotating work machine tool
269297, B23Q 3155, B23Q 306
Patent
active
058169865
ABSTRACT:
Universal chuck for holding of irregular or regular shaped parts for machine processing such as milling, shaping, grinding and the like. Movable and fixed platens have grid-like patterns including protrusions and spaces into which gripping jaw members, having a configured bottom surface, align and secure. A robotic tool provides for selection and transfer of jaw members from a jaw storage fixture and for securing of the jaw members to the movable and fixed platens.
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Arnone David F.
Luecke Francis S.
Wallace Kenneth W.
Briggs William R.
Jaeger Hugh D.
New Focus Inc.
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