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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8393836 | Machine tool with camera An exemplary machine tool includes a main body, a transmission, a spindle, a fixture, a cutter, a driving device, and a camera. The transmission is coupled to the main body. The spindle is coupled to the transmission. The fixture is coupled to the spindle and holds ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8210782 | Machine tool A machine tool, wherein the front face of a base of the machine tool is formed in a single plane and a jig for fixing a workpiece to be machined with a tool is installed extending forwardly from a vertical intermediate front part of the base that defines an area bet... | 07/03/2012 |
| 7591620 | Milling and drilling machine A milling and drilling machine comprising a rigid machine tool frame comprising an upper cross girth, a machining unit movable on the front side of the cross girth along at least two coordinate axes by means of a motor and including a rotationally driven work spindl... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7534078 | Consistent rigidity construction arrangement for a machine tool The frame of a machine tool forms a closed force loop design that surrounds a workzone containing the spindle head. The X and Y-axis drive motors are mounted on stationary elements of the machine. The Y-axis column is fixed, and supports a Z-axis ram. The mounting a... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7527460 | Horizontal milling-boring machine with mobile column A horizontal milling-boring machine including a horizontal bed anchored to the floor, a column structure supported by the bed and slidable there along, a slide carriage slidabe vertically along said column structure, and a slide supporting the tool head and movable ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7524152 | Three-axis micro- and meso-scale machining apparatus A three-axis micro- or meso-scale machining apparatus. Embodiments of the apparatus include a spindle having a tool for machining a workpiece, a z-axis movement platform for supporting the spindle and translating the spindle along a z-axis, a mount for supporting th... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7441994 | Machine tool having a C-shaped frame A machine tool includes a machine frame, a worktable, and a spindle unit. The worktable is movable on the machine frame along a first horizontal direction, a second horizontal direction perpendicular to the first horizontal direction, and a vertical direction. The s... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7437809 | Eyeglass lens processing apparatus An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a piercing unit that includes a piercing tool for piercing a hole in an eyeglass lens; a first input unit that inputs position data and depth data of a non-through hole to be formed in a refractive surface of the lens;... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7424773 | Eyeglass lens processing apparatus An eyeglass lens processing apparatus includes: a hole forming portion that includes a hole forming tool which forms a hole for attaching a rimless frame in an eyeglass lens; and breakage detector that detects whether or not the hole forming tool is broken. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7412759 | Telescopic safety shield for machine tool A telescopic safety shield device includes a carrier movably engaged onto a platform and having one or more guideways tilted relative to the platform, a tool rest movably engaged onto the guideways and moveable inclinedly relative to the carrier and the platform, an... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7373707 | Milling apparatus The milling apparatus (10) is arranged in such a manner that the deep groove cutter (21) is attached to the milling cutter (20) and the rotational drive shaft (23a) is approximately orthogonal to a spine (16a) of a sh... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7356895 | Machine tool Machine tool furnished with: a table (20) free to swivel about a horizontal swivel center axis, and having a table body (22) for carrying a workpiece, and an axially rotatable rotary shaft (23) disposed with the axis of the rotary shaft (23 | 04/15/2008 |
| 7357608 | Rotary tapered tool holder A rotary tapered tool holder includes a shank including a front mounting portion and an aperture. An expansion sleeve is disposed about a portion of the shank. The expansion sleeve includes a front mounting portion adjacent the front mounting portion of the shank. A... | 04/15/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7352110 | Tool head comprising piezoelectric actuators A tool head includes a holder for accommodating a tool and two actuators each of which is connected to the holder via a web. On the one hand, the actuators enable the holder to be deflected by a few micrometers from a resting position and, on the other hand, enable ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7334304 | Machine tool In order to improve a machine tool for machining a workpiece by a relative movement between the workpiece and a tool, comprising a first receiving device for the workpiece or the tool, a compound slide system with a second receiving device for the tool or the workpi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7331099 | Machine tool and method for the correction or compensation of different tool lengths in a machine tool In order to provide a machine tool with at least one movable slide, which has a plurality of holders for tools and/or workpieces, and which can be corrected in a simple manner, the at least one slide has a plurality of separate subslides and the relative position of... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7322082 | Eyeglass lens processing apparatus An eyeglass lens processing apparatus for processing a periphery of an eyeglass lens, the apparatus includes: a lens chuck shaft that holds and rotates the lens; an end mill that processes the periphery of the lens; an end mill tilting unit that varies a tilt of the... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318693 | Device for machining workpieces and machine arrangement therefor The invention relates to a device for machining workpieces, especially for chip removing machining. The device includes a spindle which is mounted on a first end of a pivoting arm in such a way that it can be linearly displaced in a direction parallel to the rotatio... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7296956 | Machine-tool or production machine with head-up display A machine-tool production machine is disclosed, with a workspace that can be viewed by an operator through a window or transparent pane, whereby the window or transparent pane can be used with a projection unit as a head-up display for displaying information for the... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293337 | Machining apparatus A machining apparatus for conducting at least one of a cutting process and a grinding process, comprises a stationary base; and a working device mounted on the stationary base and having a degree of freedom of more than two axes to conduct at least one of a cutting ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7275332 | Multi-axis positioning apparatus An apparatus for supporting a platform (84) relative to a base (82), has first, second, and third flexible shaft couplings (80). Each flexible shaft coupling (80) is mechanically coupled between the platform (84) and the base (8... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7273335 | Machine tool A machine tool includes a table supported by a bed for forward and rearward movement along a path of movement, left and right transversely aligned upright columns on opposite sides of the path of movement, a cross rail supported in the columns for movement upwardly ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7273333 | Methods and apparatus for counterbalance-assisted manufacturing operations Methods and apparatus for counterbalanced manufacturing operations are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus for supporting a tool relative to a surface of a workpiece includes a base adapted to be attached to the workpiece, a tool support coupled to the base, ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7261503 | Multi-axis machine tool In a multi-axis machine tool comprising a slide way aligned on a longitudinal axis, a traveling column coupled via one end with the slide way, an arm mounted slidably to the column and traversable at least in a first direction normal to the longitudinal axis of the ... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7261502 | Numeric/control machine Described herein is a nNumeric-control machine (1) comprising: a flatbed (2) provided with a horizontal working surface (3), on which a workpiece (4) is to be positioned; a machining head (5) which is able to move in space above th... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7259380 | Scanning mechanism of an ion implanter This invention discloses a scanning mechanism of an ion implanter. The mechanism is a PR-PRR type parallel mechanism with two subchains and two DOFs, driving the wafer holder to scan when the first subchain and the second subchain are translated in the same directio... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7240411 | Machine tool To provide a machine tool in which positioning accuracy of a ram is ensured, realizing improved machining accuracy. A cylindrical ram 14 supporting a spindle 6 is inserted in a ram guide hole 13a formed in a cross slide 13, the ram... | 07/10/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7223055 | Structure for supporting the spindle in a machine tool and method for the manufacture thereof A support structure or sleeve for the spindle of a machine tool consists of a tubular casing, preferably made of sheet steel with a high modulus of elasticity, in contact with a layer of agglomerate obtained by casting inside the casing a mixture formed by a granula... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7220087 | Work processing method in machine tool, processing jig for performing the method, and support device for work processing A main shaft (6) movable in a direction of X-axis is provided at a position on one side of a foundation (1), and a lateral stand (12) is fixed on the top portion of the rotation support shaft (10). On the upper surface of the lateral stan... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7220090 | Linear motor operated machine tool A linear motor actuated machine tool includes a bed, a column, upper and lower X-axis guides, a saddle, upper and lower X-axis linear motor magnets, and upper and lower X-axis linear motor coils. Upper and lower X-axis guides are attached to the upper and lower port... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7212945 | Method for determining actual states of a number of adjusting elements The present invention is directed to a method for determining actual states of a number of adjusting elements. A position of an additional member relative to a basic member can be set by means of a number of adjusting elements. In order to determine the actual state... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7207753 | Apparatus and method for shaping an edge of a tile An apparatus and method for shaping an edge of a tile. The preferred embodiment enables an operator to place a tile between an elevator and a reference plate. The operator snugs the edge of the tile up against a reference plate, and causes the elevator to press the ... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7198438 | Drilling system with stationary work table A drilling system includes a stationary base table for supporting a work piece under process at a fixed position at a drilling spindle station. A drilling spindle carries and applies rotational force to a drilling tool. A compound overhead guiding system carries the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7189194 | Machine tool Machine tool with: a bed furnished with a base and two side walls provided standing along respective left and right sides of the base; a first saddle composed of a rectangular frame, with vertical sides provided perpendicularly and transverse sides provided sideways... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7185412 | Multi-axis, processor-controlled, toolhead positioner A multi-axis, computerized numerically-controlled (CNC) toolhead positioning device with six degrees of freedom of movement while utilizing only five axes of movement, comprising a rotating workpiece mount assembly (28) and a rotating gantry (64) with ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7182720 | Machine tool A machine tool has a support table provided on an upper surface of a bed to support a work, a Z-axis saddle, a machining unit mounted on the Z-axis saddle and provided with a machining head, a compartment cover arranged on the bed to compartment a region and a machi... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7179030 | Machine tool A machine tool for machining workpieces includes a spindle group with at least two spindle arrangements placed alongside each other, each spindle arrangement possessing a spindle to receive a machining tool. Each spindle arrangement is guided on a guide arrangement ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7179029 | Machine for machining workpieces, especially crankshafts and camshafts, with at least one internal cutter milling tool A machine for machining workpieces has at least one milling tool with an internal cutter. The machine is provided with a first guide system and a second guide system parallel to the first guide system. The first guide system has at least one compound slide having a ... | 02/20/2007 |