Gear cutting – milling – or planing – Milling – With means to protect operative or machine
Patent
1997-08-20
1998-09-15
Briggs, William R.
Gear cutting, milling, or planing
Milling
With means to protect operative or machine
29DIG56, 29DIG94, 74608, 160202, 160223, B23Q 1108, E05D 1506
Patent
active
058070435
ABSTRACT:
A machine tool way cover to provide protection to a moveable machine tool which is provided with an interlocking feature to prevent misalignment or skewing of the actual way cover. The present invention provides a dramatic improvement over prior art machine tool coverings and way covers in that it eliminates the need for individual segments of the machine tool way cover to be manufactured to extremely tight physical tolerances by providing interlocking channels at the base of each way cover segment. The channels provide grooves within which the channels of smaller segments actually move as the machine tool and machine tool way cover move in and out. By providing such an interlocking mechanism, the machine tool way cover avoids becoming misaligned and inoperative even when objects or personnel impart substantial loads to the way cover. Moreover, by providing each segment with a pair of horizontally disposed channels, the need to provide a sealant between the back panel and each segment is eliminated in that the channels serve as a conduit to direct any liquid matter which falls on the way cover away from the actual machine tool.
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Briggs William R.
Hennig, Inc.
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