Patent · US Expired

Tool-changing mechanism

US4288192A · kind A · utility

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5References

18Claims

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Assignee

Friedrich Deckel Aktiengesellschaft · DE

Inventors

Michael Geiger · Starnberg, DE
Manfred Schneider · Lichtenfels, DE
Jorg Lutzkendorf · Markgröningen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Oct 1, 1979
Grant date	Sep 8, 1981
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 1, 1999

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T483/1767
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool-changing mechanism for machine tools of the kind in which tools can be inserted into a spindle. A tool magazine receives several tools and a double-ended tool-changing arm is provided on each of its two ends with gripping mechanisms. The tool-changing arm is rotatable about an axis of rotation which is parallel to the spindle axis and the tool-changing arm can be moved along the direction of its axis of rotation. The tool-changing arm can also be pivoted, between a working position and a rest position, about a pivot axis which is parallel to its axis of rotation.

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