Telescopic cover apparatus
US5169223A · kind A · utility
Assignee
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 21, 1990 |
| Grant date | Dec 8, 1992 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 21, 2010 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
- CPC primaryF16C2322/39
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A telescopic cover apparatus, which is mounted on a machine tool, includes a telescopic cover, including first to seventh cover members slidably fitted with one another, and a pantogragh drive mechanism including first to sixth parallelogrammatic link mechanisms continuously arranged in the cover extension/contraction direction. Each link mechanism includes first to fourth link members and first to fourth joints for pivotally coupling the link ends to one another. When a movable table of the machine tool moves, the first cover member fixed to a stationary saddle of the machine tool, along with the first joint of the first link mechanism, is kept at a standstill, while the seventh cover member fixed to the movable table, along with the fourth joint of the sixth link mechanism, moves in unison with the table, and the second to sixth cover members, connected to the respective fourth joints of the first to fifth link mechanisms aligned with one another, smoothly and cooperatively move in unison with these joints along guide rails.
Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.