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Class 409/183 - Including means to infeed rotary cutter toward work


Subclass of Class 409 - Gear cutting, milling, or planing
Definition: Apparatus including a base and structure to support the
No. of patents: 40
Last issue date: 04/22/2008


NumberTitleIssue Date
7360289Apparatus for milling a surface
The present invention provides an apparatus for use on a roof or the like which incorporates an insulation material. The invention allows workers to shave the insulating layer to smooth, remove high spots, or create slopes, valleys or sumps, in order to achieve posi...
04/22/2008
7293337Machining 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
7293340Direct drive spindle, machining center and methods of fabricating the same
This invention discloses a direct drive spindle assembly including a main fork formed by a base and a parallel pair of spaced fork arms and rotated about a first rotational axis. Moreover, the direct drive spindle assembly includes a first drive established by a hol...
11/13/2007
7287939Method for controlling relative displacements of a tool against a workpiece
Relative movements of a tool and a workpiece are controlled by moving a tool axis in all spatial dimensions for the material-removal machining of the workpiece to produce a desired target contour of the workpiece by a sequence of relative movements along a tool traj...
10/30/2007
7198438Drilling 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
7155788C-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
7134173Spindle head for a universal milling machine
A spindle head for a universal milling machine having a housing rotatably mounted on a machine part and a work spindle mounted axially parallel in the housing. A second spindle unit adjustable about two axes is disposed on the rear side of the housing. ...
11/14/2006
7131898Adjustable surface positioning guide for a rotary hand-held tool
A removable surface positioning guide for a rotary hand-held tool provides one or more adjustable features for selective positioning of a surface engaging bit driven by the rotary hand-held tool. The surface positioning guide may include a pivot joint between a guid...
11/07/2006
7040001Metal encaustic tile making machine
A metal encaustic tile making machine includes a machine base, a corrugation forming roller unit controlled to corrugate a continuous sheet of metal sheet material into a corrugated metal sheet, an angle forming unit controlled to stamp the corrugated metal sheet in...
05/09/2006
6964215Rotary positioning multi-faced tooling fixture and associated methods
A tooling fixture for rotatably positioning a plurality of workpieces includes a base and a housing carried by the base. A plurality of workpiece spindles are carried by the housing. The tooling fixture also includes a spindle drive assembly for rotatably positionin...
11/15/2005
6945147Clamping device for machine tools
A clamping device for machine tools is disclosed that is capable of ensuring the clamping force for a tailstock while maintaining a small overall size of the device and a reduced number of parts. The tailstock (movable carriage) movably mounted on a fixed bed is cla...
09/20/2005
6904652Universal machine tool
A universal machine tool having a workpiece slide movable on a machine bed by means of a motor for the workpieces to be machined and a machining unit which is movable about a plurality of axes by means of a motor. The machining unit includes a motor-driven work spin...
06/14/2005
6874980Controller for the electric motor of a high-speed spindle attachment used with computer-controlled milling machines
An improved electronic controller for the motor of a high-speed spindle attachment used in conjunction with a cnc milling machine. The controller comprises preventative circuitry that protects the spindle assembly of the attachment from overload accruing as a result...
04/05/2005
6775586Numerical controller
A numerical controller capable of precisely controlling a machine tool having an axis for turning a table with a simple machining program and easily coping with variation of a tool length. A machining path is commanded in a workpiece coordinate system turning with a...
08/10/2004
6615859Fluid supply interruption free method of construction
An existing straight pipe 1 is cut off at two locations by rotating two seal-up housings 2 each mounted with a cutter 3, to form two cutoff groove 12C. A straight pipe portion 1p between the two cutoff grooves 12C remains left without retrieval, to impart...
09/09/2003
6602120Edge grinding unit for edge working machines
An edge grinding unit for machines for working the edges of plates in general and of glass sheets in particular comprising at least at one rim of a plate being worked, a grinding wheel which is accommodated in a carousel element provided with a rotatable ...
08/05/2003
6106204Apparatus for forming the edge of an airfoil
An apparatus 28 for forming at least a portion of the edge 12,14 of airfoil 10 using a tool assembly 68 is disclosed. The tool assembly has a tool 164 with a cutting face 202 having a shape which is like the shape of the finished edge of the airfoil. Vari...
08/22/2000
6095209Apparatus for automatically forming rounded corners on a planar member
An apparatus for automatically forming rounded corners on a planar member is disclosed. The apparatus includes a support structure, a work surface, a cutting tool, a motor to drive the cutting tool, and an assembly to arcuately move and position the cutti...
08/01/2000
6033166Rail milling machine
An apparatus for the field milling of a pocket into a railroad stock rail to accommodate the precise nesting abutment of a switch point rail thereto avoids the necessity of milling such pockets under shop conditions and permits the use of Continuous Welde...
03/07/2000
5888037Method of and apparatus for moving feed shafts of numerical controlled machine tool
A feed-shaft moving method and an apparatus capable of reducing non-cutting motion time. In a first section and a second section, an immediately preceding path is connected with a rapid traverse by a rapid traverse motion path having a curve continuous wi...
03/30/1999
5873686Laminate inlay cutting tool
A device and associated method for simultaneously cutting a section of laminate to be inlaid and the underlying laminate to receive the inlay, which includes a portable cradle and a router mounted on an adjustable length shaft fitted into the chuck of the...
02/23/1999
5857894Grinding machine for the grinding of spur or helica gear--wheels
In a stand (1), a work-piece spindle (2) is mounted for rotation around a vertical axis (C). On the stand (1), a slide (3) can be shifted horizontally and on the slide, a work-piece carrier (5) can be swivelled around a vertical axis (C1). On the carrier ...
01/12/1999
5807044Machine tool with pivoting spindle unit
Ball screws are moved axially to move a spindle unit in directions X, Y to position a cutter mounted on the spindle unit. Support arm assemblies which support the spindle unit are also moved. Then, a slide table which supports the support arm assemblies i...
09/15/1998
5767981Engraving head support system with linear head driver
A platform for supporting an engraving head in a manner accommodating translational movement without any associated rotation. The platform has a deck which is supported by a pair of flexible support columns. In operation the platform is situated alongside...
06/16/1998
5706874Biscuit joiner
A biscuit joiner for engaging a workpiece to form a slot sized to receive a carpentry biscuit is provided. The biscuit joiner has a base with a fence surface for engaging the workpiece. The fence surface has an elongated opening formed therein. A motor is...
01/13/1998
5688084Machine tool
To improve a machine tool, comprising a machine frame, a workpiece holder arranged on the machine frame for a workpiece to be machined, a tool holder arranged on the machine frame for receiving a tool and at least one drive with a slide for executing a re...
11/18/1997
5567094Speed change control mechanism of a vertical milling machine
A speed change control mechanism including a motor for power output, a main shaft, a belt transmission mechanism driven by the motor to turn the main shaft, a gear box disposed at one side of the main shaft, the gear box comprising a gear shaft, a small g...
10/22/1996
5544990Toolhead mounting assembly
A toolhead mounting assembly for a machine tool generally consisting of a support plate member mountable on a component of the machine tool, a mounting plate member having means for mounting a toolhead unit thereon, one of the plate member having a pair o...
08/13/1996
5454306Engraving head platform
A platform for supporting an engraving head in a manner accommodating translational movement without any associated rotation. The platform has a deck which is supported by a pair of flexible support columns. In operation the platform is situated alongside...
10/03/1995
4842457Machine tool with improved spindlehead mounting and traversing means
A machining center or machine tool comprises a bed, structure to support and position the workpieces, and a rotary spindle fed with worktools by an automatic tool changer and carried by a spindlehead which also carries the driving motor therefor. The spin...
06/27/1989
4688973Automated machine tool
An automated machine tool is provided having an adjusting apparatus for changing the cutting radius of a cutting tool by changing the tool's position on a horizontal axis perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the cutting tool. A constant cutter feed ra...
08/25/1987
4620823Portable tube milling tool
A portable milling tool for milling pipes, tubes, cylinders, and the like has a collet at one end thereof for securing and centering the tool to the work piece. An adjustable in-line rod connects the collet to the tool and permits the collet to secure or ...
11/04/1986
4524812Modulated forming machine
A material forming machine comprising a forming tool driven by a forming tool motor, a workpiece, a feed drive motor, a sensor, and a reference signal, wherein said sensor varies the speed of the feed drive motor by responding to variations of the speed o...
06/25/1985
4189268Diver-controlled underwater linear milling machine
A linear milling machine adapted to be carried and controlled by a diver nts a hog mill cutter on a frame which itself is secured to the work preferably by a hold-down suction cup arrangement. A driven feed-screw advances the cutter relative to the work....
02/19/1980
4177550Machine tool with hollow structural steel members
The bed and upright of a machine tool are made of structural steel tubes which are welded together to form unitary structures. Each of the structural steel tubes is substantially rectangular in cross-sectional shape....
12/11/1979
4135438Device for roughening the edge surface of a plurality of sheets
Device for roughening the edge surface of a plurality of sheets to be bound into a book, in which the sheets are clamped, with one edge surface thereof facing a rotatable cutter, which is moved along the length of the edge surface while the cutter is rota...
01/23/1979
4044650Milling attachment for a lathe
A milling attachment for a lathe or the like having a base supported vertical column including a vertical dovetail slot, a block having a dovetail slidably received in the dovetail slot and a vertical adjusting screw rotatably secured to the column and pa...
08/30/1977
4012161Rotary cutting device
A rotary cutting device for removing spot welds includes an upper body section telescoping into a lower body section and a cutting bit secured in the upper body section and extending through the lower body section. The cutting bit has a flat cutting end s...
03/15/1977
4002102Automatic setup for machining device
Apparatus and method for setting and machining the surface of at least one workpiece. The apparatus includes a structural member, means for supporting the structural member for transverse and longitudinal movement, and, a cutting device and a spacing bloc...
01/11/1977
3937873Engraving machines
In an engraving machine for use in making watermarks in which a table, on which a plate to be engraved and a model are to be mounted, is reciprocable longitudinally by a first lead screw and an engraving head is carried by an arm and provided with a style...
02/10/1976
 
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