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Mechanized contour-following drill machine

US4108566A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJul 18, 1977
Grant dateAug 22, 1978
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 18, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/91
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A mechanized contour-following drill machine for drilling and reaming holes in a contoured surface. The machine orienting a drill spindle of a drill assembly perpendicular to a plane tangent to the contoured surface of a work piece so that the center line of the holes drilled therein are perpendicular to the contoured surface.

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