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Spindle head unit of a machining center

US4745673A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 12, 1987
Grant dateMay 24, 1988
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Expiry dateAug 12, 2007

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T483/1726
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A spindle head unit having a bell crank lever (24) mounted pivotally on a spindle head (10) of a machining center to depress a drawbar (18) inserted through a spindle (14) mounted on the spindle head (10). One of arms of the bell crank lever (24) is located so as to be capable of being engaged with a guide cam (28) and a depressing end (24a) in the shape of a spherical protrusion which is not connected mechanically to an upper end (18a) of the drawbar (18) is formed in a free end of the other arm of the bell crank lever (24). The bell crank lever (24) is urged continuously by a spring means (32) so that the former arm is urged toward the guide cam (28).

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