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Machine tool cable protection device

US12257660B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 3, 2022
Grant dateMar 25, 2025
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 3, 2042

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH02G11/003
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a machine tool cable protection device including a universal head having a rotary part and rotatably and tiltably installed in a ram body, a cable having one side connected to a rotary part of the universal head, and the other side connected to a supply source, a rotation unit disposed on the rotary part of the universal head and configured to wind or unwind the cable while rotating in conjunction with a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotary part of the universal head, and a movement unit disposed in the ram body so as to rectilinearly reciprocate to compensate for a change in length of the cable that is wound around or unwound from the rotation unit in accordance with a rotation direction and a rotation angle of the rotation unit.

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