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Apparatus for fastening a semi-cylindrical workpiece

US5778505A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 4, 1997
Grant dateJul 14, 1998
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Expiry dateSep 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/5377
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

Machining apparatus comprising a major C-frame for carrying an upper tooling head and a rotatable minor C-frame for carrying a lower tooling head cantileverly supported away from a body portion of the minor C-frame to provide a throat for receiving a workpiece edge portion while another workpiece portion is positioned between the heads for machining, the minor C-frame being rotated to provide clearance for the workpiece. As a result, a substantially semi-cylindrical workpiece may be machined over its surface without refixturing thereof.

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