Manipulator for tools and tool adapters
US5093978A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 1, 1990 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 1, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T483/1771
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A manipulator for material removing tools and their adapters, particularly in machine tools and matching centers, has a horizontal rail for a reciprocable carrier which supports an elongated vertical holder which is movable up and down and the lower end of which carries one end of a horizontal link. The link is turnable relative to the holder about a vertical axis and its other end supports an arm which is turnable about a vertical axis and supports two tongs. The tongs are angularly offset relative to each other by 180.degree. about the horizontal axis and at least one jaw of each tongs is movable relative to the other arm in the direction of the horizontal axis. The movements of the carrier, holder, link, arm and movable jaws are regulated by numerical controls.
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