Vertical tool changer to adapter holding mechanism
US3990140A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 20, 1974 |
| Grant date | Nov 9, 1976 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 20, 1994 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T483/1864
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
An automatic tool changer mechanism for a machine tool in which the tool is supported in an adapter having a tapered spindle-engaging end and an opposite tool-engaging end, and provided with a generally annular-shaped flange, intermediate its ends, having a generally V-shaped groove in the circumferential face thereof, a plurality of adapters being disposed in a magazine from which they may be selectively withdrawn and transported by means of a suitable transport mechanism to the spindle of the tool machine for use thereat, in which the adapter is supported, both in the magazine and during transport by means of cooperable jaws associated respectively with the transfer mechanism and the magazine, with such jaws being adapted to engage and support the adapter at such flange. The respective jaws are so designed that an adapter may be simultaneously gripped by a pair of jaws carried by the magazine and by the jaws of the gripping mechanism with the latter jaws being so constructed that in open position such jaws are so disposed that they will not interfere with movement of the magazine in the disposition of a selected adapter in operative position for transport to the machine tool spin…
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