Method and apparatus for self-adjusting boring bar
US4842450A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 5, 1988 |
| Grant date | Jun 27, 1989 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 5, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T408/5586
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Method and apparatus for conducting boring of a series of spaced walls on a workpiece using a self-adjusting boring bar. The method comprises: (a) supporting a spindle in a rotationally fixed tubular housing to provide an assembly having an unsupported extremity adapted to extend throughout the series of walls, the support providing for independent rotary movement but conjoint axial movement of the spindle within such tubular housing, such spindle carrying a cutting tool to project beyond the tubular housing; (b) providing an angularly flexible joint in each of said spindle, such as complementary curvilinear splines on two mated ends of different portions of said spindles, and tubular housing, such as separate tubular housing sections coupled by a web; (c) advancing the cutting tool successively through the series of walls to machine the aligned openings and thereby causing the spindle and tubular housing to follow successively through such machined openings, said spindle and housing providing, during advancement to machine the second and successive walls of the series, (i) concentric macroalignment of the spindle within the tubular housing and macroalignment of the tubular housing…
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