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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4897014 | Device for interchange of tools A device for interchanging tools on a mechanical manipulator arm includes a male locking cone unit, a female receptacle cone unit and a motor unit. The male locking cone unit has 3, 6 or 12 equal size balls captured in a male conical cage to extend throug... | 01/30/1990 |
| 4890969 | Flexible manufacturing apparatus having several parallel, spaced-apart processing machines A flexible manufacturing apparatus having several parallel, spaced-apart processing machines several shelf-like magazines disposed at the rear of the processing machines and extending transverse thereto, and transport mechanisms for conveying tools from t... | 01/02/1990 |
| 4884332 | Tool changer A tool changer has a pair of chucking units mounted respectively on the ends of a tool arm and movable in mutually opposite directions for simultaneously gripping tools, the tool arm being angularly movable 180° for changing tools. The tool changer is us... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4844678 | Process for automatically feeding work stations and apparatus for practicing the process A method of feeding a work station, which utilizes a robot to grasp workpieces one after the other at a charging station to which the workpieces are successively conducted to feed them to the work station and to transfer the workpiece worked upon to a dis... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4831721 | Mounting head exchange arrangement for part mounting machine A mounting head exchange apparatus for a part mounting machine includes a moving unit as a part mounting portion for mounting parts onto a circuit board and the like, head holding portions, and a plurality of mounting heads provided at the head holding po... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4715147 | In-process gaging equipment for flexible grinding cells A flexible grinding cell in-process gage system includes a pallet assembly and gage bench fixture assembly with means to preset the gage for subsequent use at a grinding station. The preset pallet and gage are operated at the grinding station to produce a... | 12/29/1987 |
| 4700442 | Tool changing apparatus for a machine tool A tool changing apparatus for a machine tool comprising, adjacent an operating space, an indexable tool carrier displaceable in two feed directions defining a plane of movement and comprising a plurality of tool receiving means each including a holding me... | 10/20/1987 |
| 4614456 | System for the bidirectional location and locking of mobile members in a repetitive position A system for the bidirectional precision location and locking of mobile members in a repetitive position comprises structure for positioning the mobile member along its traversing axis and structure for locking the mobile member along the other two axes o... | 09/30/1986 |
| 4609326 | Gripping arrangement A gripping arrangement, particularly for manipulators, tool exchange devi and the like, has a housing, a guide provided in the housing, and two gripping fingers having gripping ends and moveable along the guide of the housing in a translatory reciprocati... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4601637 | Manipulator gripper tool changing apparatus A gripper pad or gripper tool changer for a multi-axis manipulator is provided which is capable of automatically attaching in locked position a selected pair of a plurality of gripper pads or tools to the fingers of a gripper. Each pair of gripper pads or... | 07/22/1986 |
| 4516311 | Machining centers A machining center comprises a horizontal bed, a column disposed perpendicularly to the bed, a plurality of slide rest located to be relatively movable to the bed and column, a spindle head, and a tool magazine. The spindle head includes vertical and hori... | 05/14/1985 |
| 4457659 | Article exchange apparatus An article exchange apparatus which can be used in an auto-loader having an exchange arm, an automatic tool exchange apparatus of a machine tool and the like, comprises an indexing mechanism constructed of a prime mover and a plurality of follower units. ... | 07/03/1984 |
| 4426763 | Tool changer A tool changer for a milling machine comprising a tool store, twin claw tool changer and microprocessor controller. Tool hangers in the tool store are mounted to an orbiting chain. The chain is driven by a servomotor to advance a tool hanger to the ready ... | 01/24/1984 |
| 4414732 | Machine tool with automatic tool change function In a machine tool with an automatic tool change function, a rotatable tool spindle carries a key engageable with a key-way formed on a tool. A tool change arm, serving as a tool support device, rotatably supports at least one tool to selectively insert an... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4384397 | Tool changing machining center with swing spindle An improved tool changing machining center adapted for boring, drilling, milling, tapping and tool changing operations under numerical control. The machining center, which may be built in both vertical and horizontal spindle configurations, has an automat... | 05/24/1983 |
| 4318665 | Machining center with tool shuttle A tool changing mechanism for a machining center comprising arcuate shuttle path means including rail means having a uniform width with opposing sides and a gear track parallel to the rail, and a tool shuttle including a tool change arm, shuttle path enga... | 03/09/1982 |
| 4302144 | Work changing mechanism for machine tools A work changing mechanism for machine tools, especially lathes, designed for automatic change of works to be clamped by centers or chucks comprising a shuttle car movable in the direction of the spindle axis of the lathe, a slide vertically movable along ... | 11/24/1981 |
| 4288909 | Automatic tool changer for machine tool An automatic tool changer for transferring single tools and/or multiple spindle toolheads between a tool storage magazine and a horizontal spindle of a machine tool. A plurality of single tools and/or toolheads are stored in the tool storage magazine with... | 09/15/1981 |
| 4196506 | Tool changer machining center An improved machining center including an automatic tool changer adapted for boring, drilling, milling, tapping and tool changing operations under numerical control. The machine, which may be built in both horizontal spindle and vertical spindle configura... | 04/08/1980 |
| 4144975 | Tool transfer apparatus In a tool transfer apparatus, a pair of support shafts, which have tool transfer arms fixed thereto, are coaxially mounted for rotational and axial movement. A pair of driven gears are respectively formed on the support shafts. A pair of elongated drive g... | 03/20/1979 |
| 4126233 | Tool transfer mechanism for machine tools A tool transfer arm is pivotally mounted on a tool transfer housing which is movable between a tool storage magazine and the spindle of a machine tool to transfer tools between the tool storage magazine and the spindle. The tool transfer arm has two pair ... | 11/21/1978 |
| 4117586 | Machine tool with automatic tool changer A machine tool with an automatic tool changer having a tool storage magazine accommodating tools having the same shank configuration as that of the first shank, tools having the same configuration as that of the second shank, and a tool adaptor which has ... | 10/03/1978 |
| 4091526 | Machine tool with an automatic tool exchanger A machine tool is provided with an exchange arm for automatically exchanging tools between a tool spindle and a tool magazine. A drive key and a detent pin protrude respectively from the tool spindle and each of the tool storage portions of the magazine a... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4072236 | Article transfer apparatus An article transfer apparatus is provided in which a transfer arm, having a pair of pivotable grippers on each of its ends, is fixedly mounted upon one end of a shaft, extending radially therefrom, the shaft being supported so as to be rotatable and axial... | 02/07/1978 |
| 4005624 | Metal peeling machine with movable clamping carriage A metal peeling machine for workpieces such as rods and tubes having a clamping carriage movably mounted on the machine bed. The carriage also receives a clamping arrangement which not only engages the workpiece but also is adapted to engage a workpiece g... | 02/01/1977 |
| 3999664 | Tool changer with dual axis of rotation An automatic tool transport mechanism for a machine tool having an operating axis, in which a tool is to be transferred between the operating axis of such a machine and the storage structure, with the tool being supplied to the operating station on such o... | 12/28/1976 |
| 3998338 | Automatic tool changing apparatus In an automatic tool changing apparatus adapted for application to a machine tool having a vertical spindle, an intermediate tool transfer device is operable for removing a tool from a tool storage magazine of the apparatus by horizontal movement thereof ... | 12/21/1976 |
| 3973863 | Drill changing device This invention provides a drill changing device for a drilling machine in which a collar is provided on the shank of a drill at a predetermined location relative to the tip of the drill, the collar being frictionally gripped by a split sleeve so that the ... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3964616 | Machine tool interchange arm An interchange arm to transfer tools between a tool storage mechanism and a spindle. A pair of the interchange arms are pivoted on rotating shafts of a tool changer mechanism which rotates the arms between the spindle and the tool storage mechanism so tha... | 06/22/1976 |
| 3953039 | Toolholder for machine tools There is disclosed herein a toolholder for use in machine tools, particularly those of the type having means for automatically changing tools according to a predetermined plan, the toolholder being transported from a tool rack to a spindle for use and bei... | 04/27/1976 |
