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Pallet exchanging device for machine tool

US5259494A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 9, 1992
Grant dateNov 9, 1993
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Expiry dateOct 9, 2012

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/5196
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

When machining of a workpiece mounted on a first pallet by a machine tool is ended, power of a driving motor is transmitted through a cylindrical cam and a cam follower to a clamp member to unclamp a first pallet clamped on a table of the machine tool by the clamp member. Then, the power is transmitted to a swing arm to unload the first pallet from the table to a stand-by position and a second pallet, mounting thereon a workpiece to be machined, is loaded from the stand-by position to the table by the swing arm. The second pallet is the clamped on the table by the clamp member and the pallet exchange operation is complete.

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