Drilling tool magazine

US6419029B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• FlowTex® Technologie GmbH & Co. KG · DE
• Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur förderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. · DE

Inventors

• Hans-Joachim Bayer · Dessau, DE
• Günther Dörfler · Remchingen, DE
• Alexander Steck · Tübingen, DE
• Michael Keller · Compton, US
• Norbert Cottone · Zusmarshausen, DE
• Uwe Bräuning · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 26, 1999
• Grant date: Jul 16, 2002
• Expiry date: Mar 26, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T483/1891
• WIPO field: Civil engineering
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A drilling tool magazine and a horizontal boring machine having a drilling tool magazine in which automatic and reliable handling and access to any of the drilling tools to be handled is ensured, the drilling tool magazine (10) which is particularly suitable for horizontal boring machines (5) is fitted with a plurality of tool bays (12) so as to receive tools (8) in an essentially horizontal position; these tool bays are each formed by at least one drive catch (14) movable along a conveyance path.