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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8128323 | Driven tool assembly A driven tool assembly that uses the cutting tool coolant to also lubricate and cool the driven tool. The driven tool housing has at least one coolant intake port, at least one coolant discharge port, and a shank for mounting the driven tool assembly to a machine to... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7874772 | Milling spindle of machine tool The invention provides an improved drain structure of a cutting fluid supplied to a spindle of a milling spindle. The milling spindle 100 comprises a spindle 20 supported within a housing via a bearing 16, and a drawbar 24 having a throug... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7874771 | Milling spindle of machine tool The invention provides an improved seal structure of cutting fluid supplied to a spindle of a milling spindle. The milling spindle 100 comprises a spindle 20 supported within a housing via a bearing 16, and a drawbar 24 having a through c... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7419340 | Drain cleaning apparatus Disclosed is a method and an apparatus for removing by-product chips, in existing CNC machining center. The apparatus is using parasite driven rotating carousel, capable of moving chips away from the drain of an existing machine. There is a possibility of installing... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7367762 | Main spindle apparatus and tool holder clamp unit used therefor A main spindle apparatus has a main spindle having a through hole, a main spindle head rotatably supporting the main spindle therein, a tool holder clamp unit including an unit main body having a tool mounting hole to which a tool holder is mounted, a clamp mechanis... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7357769 | Machine tool Machine tool simplifying maintenance, reducing manufacturing costs, and enabling high precision machining. The machine tool is equipped with: a bed furnished with a rectangular base, right and left sidewalls provided standing either side of the base, and a rear side... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7326010 | Motor spindle A motor spindle for machine tool. The motor spindle having a spindle housing mounted on a machine part, a work spindle supported in the spindle housing in axially spaced roller bearings, an electric drive motor the stator of which is fixed in the spindle housing and... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7318692 | Spindle for a machine tool with improved tool ejection feature A spindle unit for a machine tool includes a drive unit having a drive shaft and a spindle head assembly constructed for receiving a tool and having a hollow spindle head shaft driven by the drive unit. Arranged for axial displacement in the hollow spindle head shaf... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7300234 | Power transmission with bead drive A power transmission is provided. The power transmission includes a housing including a continuous channel following a three-dimensional path. A plurality of beads is located within the continuous channel and movable therein. A first sprocket is rotateably connected... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7244083 | Cutting head assembly A cutting head assembly for use in cutting plate glass has a simplified drive train, all positioned about the vertical rotational centerline. The drive train includes a hollow bore drive motor having a drive adaptor directly engaged with a spline shaft that extends ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7241090 | Collecting trough for a machine tool An open-topped collection trough for arrangement under a machine tool to collect downwardly flowing coolant emitted from coolant spray nozzles of the machine tool which direct coolant jets onto cutting tools and adjacent surfaces, in which the collection trough is p... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7226256 | Machine tool having inbuilt water supplier A machine tool includes a base having a spindle rotatably attached to a support for supporting a tool member, and a fluid supplying device for supplying fluid into the spindle, for cooling purposes. The fluid supplying device includes a housing secured to the suppor... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7220089 | Tool mounting device for turning center To provide a tool mounting device for a turning center that allows a rotating tool to be clamped/fixed using a shared clamp mechanism (8), and a turning tool (1B) to be clamped/fixed in an engaged/locked state in a turning center. In the turning center... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7185503 | Conditioning system for a manufacturing machine, in particular a machine tool In a conditioning system for a manufacturing machine, in particular a machine tool, a machine tool framework is arranged inside a sealed casing. Ducts are arranged at machine tool regions to be thermally conditioned. The ducts comprise air flow outlets and are coupl... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7171878 | Multi-station machine with rotating transfer for machining pieces The invention relates to a machining unit in which the pieces are carried by an electric turning spindle radially arranged on a turret with a vertical axis of rotation. On rotation of the turret the pieces are successively introduced into machining stations, arrange... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7168901 | Device and method for trimming samples A device 1 and a method for trimming samples 38 are disclosed. The device 1 encompasses a knife holder 9 and a sample holder 7, the knife holder 9 carrying at least one trimming knife 36. A first motor 60 and a... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7155825 | Method of liquid withdrawal from a tool spindle A method for withdrawing liquid from the liquid bearings of a spindle (1) carried in liquid bearings (3, 5) distinguished in that with the help of pressurized gas, the liquid, together with the gas, is forced to exit the spindle during the operation of... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134818 | Tool-holding system for high-accuracy calibration of holes The invention relates to the field of toolings for high-accuracy finishing through-holes and non-through-holes, such as for example for calibration, lapping operations. More precisely the invention refers to a tool-holding system for high-accuracy calibration of the... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7128505 | Apparatus for preventing chips and/or cutting liquid from being scattered in machine tool A stationary machine tool column supports a spindle head to be movable in an axial direction of the spindle. A table on which a workpiece is mounted is moved in directions orthogonal to the axial direction of the spindle. A cutting liquid feed device is fixed to the... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7114895 | Machine tool provided with cooling mechanism A spindle motor as a heating element and a spindle head having a spindle that is driven by the spindle motor are coupled to each other by a cooling flange. The cooling flange is provided with a cooling passage, the cross-sectional area of which gradually increases w... | 10/03/2006 |
| 7112019 | Pneumatic spindle with means to direct the bearing air towards the tool-holding collet A spindle (1) in which the moving part (2) fixed to the tool-holding collet (3) is supported by one or more aerostatic bushes (4) on cushions of air generated by a jet of compressed air that circulates continuously along the air gaps (... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7104169 | Machine tool and bed structure thereof A machine tool includes X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis moving units for producing relative movements between a tool and a workpiece; a C-axis drive unit for rotating the workpiece about a C-axis parallel to the Z-axis; and a B-axis turning unit for turning the tool abou... | 09/12/2006 |
| 7073244 | Process for machining a flexible foam The invention relates to a process for machining a flexible foam. The flexible foam is treated to temporarily harden the foam. The hardened foam is machined. The foam is then returned to its original flexible state. ... | 07/11/2006 |
| 7070371 | Chamfering air tool A chamfering air tool includes a driving shaft in a casing rotated by air pressure, a rotary shaft perpendicularly combined to the driving shaft for rotation, and a cutter fixed to the rotary shaft. Air holes are formed through the rotary shaft in a longitudinal dir... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7048481 | Cutting fluid device for a spindle of a machine tool A spindle device of a machine tool, which can prevent the liquefaction of atomized cutting fluid in atomized cutting fluid passage downstream of a straightening unit 14, enhance a responsiveness to an ejecting start or stop instruction, and prevent a waste of... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7033308 | Automatic tool changing device for machine tool An automatic tool changing device capable of cleaning a contact surface of a spindle, which is to be in contact with a tool holder, with a simple structure. The device includes a turret having a plurality of grippers on its outer circumference and holding the tool h... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7000511 | Multi-station machine with rotating transfer for machining pieces The invention relates to a machining unit in which the pieces are carried by an electric turning spindle radially arranged on a turret with a vertical axis of rotation. On rotation of the turret the pieces are successively introduced into machining stations, arrange... | 02/21/2006 |
| 6948890 | Drill having internal chip channel and internal flush channel A drill for chip removing machining includes a front cutting end, a rear securing portion, and a shank extending therebetween. The cutting end includes at least one cutting edge. The drill has at least one internal chip channel and at least one internal flush channe... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6938633 | Method and apparatus for supplying process liquid for machine tool The present invention provides a method and apparatus for supplying process liquid s for a machine tool, which are able to reduce the consumption power and power factor of the pump 21 to a large extent in comparison with prior arts while maintaining the effec... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6923603 | Machine tool with a feature for preventing a thermal deformation A machine tool 1 comprises a spindle head 11 for supporting a spindle 9 to which a tool 7 is fitted, a column 5 for supporting the spindle head 11 and a table 13 for mounting a workpiece 15, and machines the wo... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6913390 | Rotating shaft apparatus A shaft 17 defines a front end portion 17a having a larger diameter and an opposite tail end portion 17b having a smaller diameter, the shaft 17 being rotatably supported by the housing 13 through a radial bearing ... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6866451 | Device for detecting a thermal linear dilation on part of a machine A device for detecting thermally caused linear expansions of a machine element, wherein the device includes a temperature sensor placed along an expansion direction. The temperature sensor includes a first metallic conductor having an electrical resistance that is p... | 03/15/2005 |
| 6773212 | Cutting-oil coater and cutting device A cutting-oil coater that prevents oil spray from liquefying during conveying and improves the efficiency of work such as oil-refilling by forming a spray feed portion and an oil storage portion separately from each other and making it possible to adjust the arrange... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6772042 | Programmable coolant nozzle system A programmable coolant nozzle system includes a coolant fluid nozzle fixed to a manifold so that the centerline of the nozzle and the centerline of the manifold block are perpendicular. This feature allows coolant fluid to be rotatably directed from the nozzle at gr... | 08/03/2004 |
| 6749378 | Semi-contact guide apparatus and machine tool using the guide apparatus A semi-contact guide apparatus includes a bed as a first member, a column as a second member, a plural number of oil-hold portions and an oil-supply device. The column is movably guided on the bed. A sliding surface is formed on the column. The plural number of oil-... | 06/15/2004 |
| 6729813 | Spindlehead for tools A spindlehead for tools is insertable into a tool disk with holders provided for such spindleheads. A spindle holds the shank of the tool in its chuck at its front end section, and is rotatably mounted by a spindle bearing in a spindlehead housing. A coolant feed ex... | 05/04/2004 |
| 6726415 | Actuating device for a tool or workpiece tensioning jack in a machine tool spindle The invention relates to an actuating device for a tool or a workpiece tensioning jack in a machine tool spindle. The actuating device includes a pressure piston which is arranged inside a housing for actuating the tool or workpiece tensioning jack. In order to prov... | 04/27/2004 |
| 6715971 | Automated coolant delivery method and system for a machine tool A method and apparatus for directing a coolant stream onto a cutting tool is made up of a nozzle pivotally mounted on a machine tool, the nozzle being automatically adjusted in response to movement of the machine tool via a retractable plunger or other linear drive ... | 04/06/2004 |
| 6692202 | Spindle protective structure in spindle-through coolant feeder A spindle protective structure in a spindle-through coolant feeder capable of preventing coolant form invading a spindle and a spindle motor for an excessive overflow of coolant. Coolant is supplied into a through hole formed axially in the spindle or a s... | 02/17/2004 |
| 6675549 | Processing machine installation A processing machine installation is provided with a processing machine having a tool for machining a workpiece, heat-generating potions and non-heat-generating portions, a first cover for defining a air conditioned processing machine room around the proc... | 01/13/2004 |
