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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8146465 | Installation for sequential loading of bars of material into a machining center An installation for sequential loading of bars of material in a machining center includes a frame, a first device, and a second device. The frame includes at least one first arcuate bearing surface and at least one second arcuate bearing surface connected to the fir... | 04/03/2012 |
| 7992474 | Cover structure and machine tool with the cover structure A separator chute is placed at a standby position while a part is machined, and when the processing of the part is completed, the separator chute is swung and moved to a reception position to receive the part separated from a spindle. An opening portion of a cover s... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7882770 | Machine with improved feeding and clamping devices A feeding device is installed on a machine and is utilized to convey a workpiece to be machined. The feeding device includes first and second feeding apparatus and in conveying the workpiece the workpiece has two lateral sides engaged by the first and second feeding... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7748302 | Workpiece exchanging apparatus and lathe unit A workpiece exchanging apparatus for exchanging a machined workpiece with an unmachined workpiece is provided, the workpiece exchanging apparatus including a gripping arm provided at its two longitudinal end sections with gripping sections for gripping, respectively... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7726219 | Machine tool The invention is a CNC machine tool, namely a CNC lathe, that includes a horizontal main spindle. The unfinished parts to be machined are supplied to the machine tool horizontally to the working compartment by a handling device integrated into the CNC control, and a... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7694611 | Turret-mounted workpiece ejector A workpiece ejector and a method for ejecting workpieces from a turning machine such as a lathe. The turning machine has at least one spindle for receiving workpieces therethrough and at least one chuck associated with the spindle for holding a workpiece during mach... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7637188 | Workpiece ejecting device for a machine tool A workpiece ejecting device for a machine tool, in which the ejecting bar cannot be rotatably driven at the time of high velocity rotation of the spindle to thereby prevent occurrence of vibration, noise and frictional heat, and so that the workpiece can be ejected ... | 12/29/2009 |
| 7513181 | Air operated unloading device A device for effecting an unloading operation of a workpiece with respect to a machine tool. The device includes a non-rotating dump tube having one end adapted for communication with a machine tool and a sidewall defining an opening for discharging a workpiece, a v... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7506565 | Lathe To provide a lathe in which a machined workpiece can be pulled out without fail, whereby realizing enhanced reliability in the pull-out operation. First and second tool posts 6, 7 are arranged to be capable of facing each other across a spindle axis A of a sp... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7461577 | Bar material supply device of numerically controlled automatic lathe There is provided a bar material supply device of a simple configuration suited to machining of a bar material without increasing machining cost even when a short bar material such as an end material is machined. The bar material supply device includes a stocker ... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7458299 | Centering device for the guided transfer of bars from a feeder to a lathe A centering device for the guided transfer of bars from a feeder to a lathe, and interposed therebetween aligned with a bar guide with the mandrel of the lathe, comprising: a bush for fixing to a fixing seat and rigidly coupled to a bar opening aligned with the resp... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7448304 | Lathe A main spindle and a back spindle grip works W, respectively. Or, the main spindle grips one end of a work W and the back spindle grips the other end of the work W. A tool is attached to a tool spindle. By adjusting the positions of the spindles and the position of ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7434499 | Fixing mechanism of a lathe A lathe includes a stock, a shaft, a power source, gripping bars, and a platform; the stock has a shaft seat secured therein, which has a hollow holding portion, and an inner protrusion; the shaft is passed in the shaft seat in a movable manner, and has a head havin... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7343839 | Bar feeder A bar feeder includes a feeder tube mounted on a machine base, a transmission mechanism, a driving mechanism having a rotary shaft, a projecting rod connected to the driving mechanism and rotatable with the rotary shaft to engage or disengage from the transmission m... | 03/18/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7316173 | Tilt away tailstock attachment for lathes Woodturners who make bowls frequently find that the unoccupied tailstock limits the path of the tool handle. The normal solution is to manually remove the tailstock from the lathe and set it on the floor or a work bench. Tailstocks can be heavy and manual removal an... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7302877 | Automatic lathe-loader provided with linear sensors of the position of the bar-pusher and automatic lathe including said loader An automatic bar-loader for lathes including a channel for feeding of a bar to the lathe mandrel and a bar-pusher powered by an electric motor controlled by a control unit and having a head collet for grasping the tail of a bar in the channel to make it run therein.... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7290316 | Automatic screw machine with multi-axis drive control The disclosed embodiments are directed to an improved automatic screw machine employing a first servomotor connected to cause rotation of a first set of tooling cams independently of the operation of a spindle drive, and a second servomotor to cause rotation of a se... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7261500 | Method and apparatus for machining a blank from all directions in a machine tool or milling machine The corresponding machine tool or milling machine for carrying out the method described has a milling spindle which is displaceable in three spatial directions and with which the workpiece can be machined in a machining region, the machine tool or milling machine ha... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7249545 | Numerically controlled lathe and method of machining work by this numerically controlled lathe A numerically controlled machine tool can simultaneously perform a variety of machining operations using work on a first main shaft and work on a second main shaft. A first tool post is movable together with a second main shaft in the direction of a main shaft axis ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7243583 | Lathe, in particular multi-spindle automatic lathe The multi-spindle automatic lathe (10) has an apparatus for machining the rear side of a workpiece (15). For this, it is provided with a transfer device (21) for removing a workpiece machined at its front side from a primary workpiece spindle ( | 07/17/2007 |
| 7198440 | Workpiece loading apparatus for machine tool Method and apparatus for positioning a workpiece in a spindle of a machine tool and/or removing a workpiece from the spindle. The machine spindle includes an axis of rotation and the workpiece includes a centerline extending between a first end surface and a second ... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7179043 | Manipulating arrangement and cell A manipulating arrangement having a horizontal portal on which a slide is horizontally traversable, an arm being pivotably mounted on the slide about a pivot axis which runs parallel to the portal, and a gripper for at least one of workpieces and tools being arrange... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165483 | Apparatus and method for clamping and positioning workpieces of different length between two centers In an apparatus (10) for clamping and positioning workpieces (36) of different length between two centers (26,28), comprising a base (14) with at least one linear guide (18), a first carriage (20) displaceable in a linearly ... | 01/23/2007 |
| 7155788 | C-axis driving device of a computer numerical controlled lathing and milling machine A C-axis driving device of a computer numerical controlled (CNC) lathing and milling machine includes a spindle, an encoder, a spindle motor, and a servo motor. The spindle has a clamping device and a transmission portion. This encoder connects with the transmission... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7134369 | Pick-off attachment for a multi-spindle machine A multi-spindle machine system includes a pick-off attachment. The pick-off attachment enables a more compact and stronger pick-off spindle. The shorter pick-off spindle is able to pick off longer work pieces. High speed bearings and oil lubrication enable the pick-... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7131359 | Multiple-spindle lathe In order, in a multi-spindle lathe, comprising a lathe frame, a spindle drum, which is mounted on the lathe frame such that it can rotate about a spindle drum axis and has an end face facing a working space, a multiplicity of workpiece spindles, which are mounted in... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7124666 | Multiple spindle machine tool In order to provide a multiple spindle machine tool having a machine frame, a first spindle slide with a first workpiece spindle, and a second spindle slide with a second workpiece spindle, wherein first spindle slide and second spindle slide are guided on the machi... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124667 | Apparatus for the control of two separate mechanisms for translational movement of the same bar Apparatus for the control of two translational movement mechanisms of a bar, including a first translational movement mechanism (6) situated in a machine tool (4) for turning, and a second translational movement mechanism (18) situated in an ins... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7124880 | Feeding device with a pivotable pushing member A feeding device includes a rail with a feeding unit and a pushing unit located on two sides of the rail. The feeding unit has a transverse member on which the cylindrical pieces are located and a pivotable arm pivotably connected to the transverse member to push th... | 10/24/2006 |
| 7112017 | Method and apparatus for machining a blank from all directions In a method of machining a blank from all directions using at least one machine tool, such as a milling machine, production of the ready-to-use, measured component which is controlled and classified with regard to quality, such as a turbine blade, occurs in as few s... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7066064 | Method and apparatus for vibration dampening of barfeeders A barstock bar feeder with a guide channel for encasing a barstock in a electro- or magneto-rheological hydrostatic oil bearing. Electro- or magneto-field generators are provided along the guide channel for selectively applying a field to the guide channel for chang... | 06/27/2006 |
| 7062999 | Inverted vertical lathe The object of the invention is to provide an inverted vertical lathe comprising a device for replacing collets automatically, and having a detector for detecting that the collet has been gripped correctly. A chuck 400 mounted on a headstock 40 grips a ... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7024974 | Vertical machine tool with a movable main spindle A vertical lathe is provided with a base, a main spindle, a headstock, a tool rest and a splash guard. The headstock is movable in a Z-axis direction and an X-axis direction and grips a bar workpiece by a chuck. The bar workpiece is machined by moving the headstock ... | 04/11/2006 |
| 7013544 | Machine tool and pallet changer for machine tool An APC is provided in a five-axis controlling vertical machining center. A spindle head is movable in three mutually transverse axes directions to a workpiece. A table disposed below swings to be positioned and is directed upwardly and indexed. A pallet setup base i... | 03/21/2006 |
| 7011477 | Adjustable deburring tool An adjustable deburring tool has a cutting head and a shank. The cutting head has a projecting ridge with a recessed portion. The shank has a groove that communicates with an open ended and open sided threaded bore. The ridge is slidably located in the groove with a... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6978706 | Machine tool spindle liners and methods for making same A spindle liner for a turning machine has an elongated polymeric member sized to fit within the inner diameter of a spindle and further has a bore through the polymeric member sized and shaped to receive a given size bar stock. The spindle liner may be installed wit... | 12/27/2005 |
| 6938527 | Material stock advancing apparatus and method A material stock advancing apparatus for use with a turning and milling machine having a computerized numeric controller or lacking programmable capabilities. The material stock advancing apparatus generally comprising an elongate body of cylindrical form having fir... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6883407 | Expanding collet assembly for pick-off spindle An expanding, inner diameter gripping collet assembly for a pick-off spindle. An arbor base is connected to the pick-off spindle and is moveably connected to a moveable arbor. The moveable arbor engages and is driven by the pick-off spindle nose. The moveable arbor ... | 04/26/2005 |
| 6843622 | Apparatus and method for profiling optical disks An apparatus for the automated profiling the edge of successive optical disks, and including an optical disk supply assembly for holding a supply of optical disks to be profiled, a turntable for receiving an optical disk to be profiled, and for reciprocating between... | 01/18/2005 |
