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Class 144/48.1 - Turret tools


Subclass of Class 144 - Woodworking
Definition: Combined machine including plural tools for distinct purposes
No. of patents: 38
Last issue date: 11/11/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7448419Setup jig for a router bit
A setup jig for a router bit for setting the desired depth of the router bit includes a profile member having a plurality of outwardly extending projections wherein each projection is shaped with a profile that corresponds to a different router bit shape. The second...
11/11/2008
7272882Multiple table routing machine with roller hold-down
A routing machine including a plurality of worktables for supporting at least a first workpiece and a second workpiece, a hold down assembly, and a toolhead assembly for machining the first workpiece on one of the worktables and then machining the second workpiece o...
09/25/2007
7175371Protective shield for a tool
A protective shield for a drilling or cutting tool having a cylindrical-shaped housing that has a front end and a back end, the front end able to fit flush against a working surface; and a spring having a first end and a second end, the first end able to receive the...
02/13/2007
7175017In-line flipper mechanism and conveyor system for achieving the proper orientation of mail tray and mail tub receptacles
An article or postal mail conveyor or transportation system which has an in-line mechanism integrally incorporated therein that has been specifically constructed and assembled so as to enable mail tray and mail tub receptacles, which may initially be disposed upon t...
02/13/2007
7172542Tool changing device and tool cleaning method
A tool changing device and a tool cleaning method capable of surely removing foreign matter such as swarf adhered to tapered portions and/or flange portions of tools, which serve as contact faces to be in contact with a spindle. There is arranged tool cleaning nozzl...
02/06/2007
7146777Packaging machine for cigarettes
For the production of (cigarette) packs of different configurations, for example standard pack (13), round-edged pack (14) or octagonal pack (15), subassemblies and elements of the packaging machine are exchanged and/or uncoupled from the drive....
12/12/2006
7011007Apparatus for cutting and creating notches and apertures in sheet-type work material
In an apparatus for cutting pattern pieces and creating apertures in sheet-type work material a frame has a support surface mounted thereon for carrying at least one layer of the work material. A carriage is coupled to the frame for movement back-and-forth there alo...
03/14/2006
7003865Machine for trimming doors and/or drawer fronts for cabinets and method
In a preferred embodiment, a machine for milling doors and/or drawer fronts, including: apparatus to horizontally clamp a door or drawer front to a horizontal movable table; apparatus to remove vertically disposed scribe pins from the door and/or drawer front, backs...
02/28/2006
6764434Multi-station machining center
A machining center comprising at least two workstations. A first workstation is adapted to receive a first workpiece, and a second workstation is adapted to receive a second workpiece. The first workstation may be a vacuum table, and the second workstation may be co...
07/20/2004
6688352Multi-axis work center, for multiple production, in particular for wood working
The invention relates to a work center for wood working including: a support base (1) for the pieces to be worked; a structure (6), mobile along said base in the direction of a first numerically controlled axis (X); a support (12) of a tool group (13) mounted on sa...
02/10/2004
6161993Cutting machine assembly
A cutting machine assembly is disclosed having a motor assembly with a motor housing, a motor shaft and spaced bearings which rotatably mount the motor shaft to the housing at opposite ends of electrical motor windings. A cutting tool is detachably secure...
12/19/2000
6092446Tailstock assembly mountable on a machine
A tailstock assembly mountable on a machine tool and cooperable with a headstock assembly for retaining a workpiece inbetween....
07/25/2000
6058988System of holding workpieces for a carving machine
A machine for carving workpieces having substantially similar configurations generally including a base member, means disposed on the base member for retaining at least one workpiece thereon, means for rotationally indexing the workpiece disposed on the r...
05/09/2000
5979519Machine tool having improved means for holding workpieces
A machine tool having a base unit, a table mounted on the base unit, at least one workpiece support member mounted on the table having a work support surface disposed at an angle to the horizontal, devices for removeably securing a workpiece on the work s...
11/09/1999
5944079Numerical control router enclosed by a housing
A numerical controlled router is enclosed by a housing mounted on a support structure wherein the housing has an opening formed in front of a router head structure. Bearings are provided outside of the housing. A rotatable shaft is rotatably supported by the b...
08/31/1999
5941291Workpiece retaining means for carving machine
A machine for carving workpieces having substantially similar configurations generally including a base member, means disposed on the base member for retaining at least one workpiece thereon, means for rotationally indexing the workpiece disposed on the r...
08/24/1999
5771950Carving machine and workpiece retaining and positioning means therefor
A machine for carving workpieces having substantially similar configurations generally including a base member, means disposed on the base member for retaining at least one workpiece thereon, means for rotationally indexing the workpiece disposed on the r...
06/30/1998
5730195Machining center for the machining of flat workpieces
An apparatus for machining workpieces includes a feed conveyor which has an alignment station and a discharge conveyor which adjoin a machining zone. Between the feed conveyor and the discharge conveyor, there is a transport device which is disposed at on...
03/24/1998
5592728Slide assembly for machine tools and method of making same
A slide assembly for a machine tool generally consisting of a first member having at least one guide slot disposed parallel to a given line of travel, provided with at least one wall portion, a second member disposed in a predetermined spatial relation re...
01/14/1997
5575318Slide assembly for machine tools and method of making same
A slide assembly for a machine tool generally consisting of a first member having at least one guide slot disposed parallel to a given line of travel, provided with at least one wall portion, a second member disposed in a predetermined spatial relation re...
11/19/1996
5454422Woodworking machines
A wookworking machine that can easily and exactly form digitizing data for a plurality of workpieces even during the working operation on the workpieces, thereby considerably increasing the working efficiency. The woodworking machine according to the inve...
10/03/1995
5417262Device for cutting thin boards
A device for cutting thin boards from cants includes a blade set in the device which is fastened to a blade holder which is mounted on a blade support. The blade support can be installed as an interchangeable component in a cutting table and clamped in th...
05/23/1995
5400841Pole framing apparatus
An automatic machine for performing framing operations on a power pole. The machine is controlled by a programmable logic control and interchangeable programs are provided to control the operation of the machine according to a pole frame specification. Po...
03/28/1995
5358018Pole framing apparatus
An automatic machine for performing framing operations on a power pole. The machine is controlled by a programmable logic control and interchangeable programs are provided to control the operation of the machine according to a pole frame specification. Po...
10/25/1994
5323821Suction table apparatus of a numerical control router
A suction table has a compartment for sucking a sacrifice board in periphery and a compartment for sucking a process board in inner portion. Therefore, when the process board is positioned on the sacrifice board, the air is not leaked from suction holes o...
06/28/1994
5289860Boring machine, particularly for woodworking
The invention relates to a boring machine, particularly for woodworking, for boring rows of holes and structural bores in plate-shaped workpieces such as cabinet sidewalls, cabinet doors, etc., with a machine frame having a workpiece holder and an adjusta...
03/01/1994
5287899Boring machine, particularly for woodworking
The invention relates to a boring machine, particularly for woodworking, for boring rows of holes and structural bores in plateshaped workpieces such as cabinet sidewalls, cabinet doors, etc. with a machine frame having a workpiece holder and a boring ass...
02/22/1994
5152327Apparatus for providing a warning of the rotation of a spindle
An apparatus for providing a warning of the rotation of a spindle for a machine such as a wood working machine which gives a warning while a spindle continues to rotate due to inertia even after a motor driver for a spindle motor for rotating the spindle ...
10/06/1992
5107910Wood working machine
A wood working machine comprises a carriage on which a plurality of working heads are mounted in a juxtaposed relationship, and a tool magazine and an exchanging unit provided on the carriage for each of the working heads such that exchanging of a tool ca...
04/28/1992
5097877Machine tool with automatic tool-changing device
The invention relates to a machine tool with a revolving head (11) used particularly for working on wood. It is fitted with an automatic tool-changing device (14) able to remove and fit a tool from and on each spindle of said head when the head is in a pr...
03/24/1992
5094282Lumber processing apparatus
A lumber processing apparatus provided with a woodworking router for cutting and processing a material to be processed into a predetermined shape by a cutting edge subjected to numerical control, includes a carriage for removing a material to be processed...
03/10/1992
4949942Table exchanging device for wood working machine
A table exchanging device for a wood working machine wherein workpieces of wood can be individually attracted and fixed by a sucking action by vacuum and such sucking action can be maintained also while the slide tables are slidably moved. The device comp...
08/21/1990
4945958Automatic processing head replacement device in wood working machine
An automatic processing head replacement device for a NC type wood working machine in which a rack is provided on one of beams, a carriage is mounted on rails another beam, a slide block is mounted on rails on the other beam, the carriage and slide block ...
08/07/1990
4593731Driving means for rotating spindles for use in a wood working router or the like
A device for rotating spindles in a wood working router includes a turret head rotatably mounted on a column extending from a machine face having radially orientated spindle heads and rotatable spindles, cutting tools respectively mounted on the working e...
06/10/1986
4512380Apparatus for the transverse and/or longitudinal machining of wooden workpieces
The invention relates to apparatus for the transverse and/or longitudinal machining of wooden workpieces, comprising a workpiece carriage for mounting a workpiece or a plurality of workpieces thereon and adapted to be displaced in the direction of the X-a...
04/23/1985
4503739Table saw with multiple blade turret
Rotary power saw having plural saw wheels mounted on a turret and means to rotate the turret for presenting a particular saw wheel for sawing. A single drive means is provided, and means are provided for engaging it with a selected saw wheel for sawing, a...
03/12/1985
4445553Apparatus for shaping a wooden workpiece
An apparatus for shaping a wooden workpiece according to a template configuration including a carriage supported on a motion translating device displaceable either longitudinally or transversely. A template follower is secured to the carriage and is engag...
05/01/1984
4313478Wood working router
A wood working router which comprises a plurality of turret heads adapted to be selectively operated and each having a plurality of radially and outwardly extending tools and the corresponding number of motors for driving the individual tools, a mechanism...
02/02/1982
 
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