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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 6554559 | Device for supplying to a machine-tool bars to be machined The invention concerns a device wherein the bars (13) are arranged in bulk in the container (5). The mobile frame (17) of the grasping mechanism (14) moves forward such that the jaw (24) can seize a bar by its middle part and remove it in position (13a) w... | 04/29/2003 |
| 6272955 | Feeder of short rods for a machine tool The feeder for short rods of a diameter of between 6 and 120 mm for a machine such as a turning lathe or an automatic lathe comprises a rod loading device having elements for holding a plurality of rods on an inclined plane and loading slides, a device fo... | 08/14/2001 |
| 6182543 | Bar loader A bar loder, includes a guide rail for feeding a bar to a bar machining apparatus. The guide rail extends straight toward the bar machining apparatus and has an opening for receiving a new bar. The opening is oriented upwardly and extends longitudinally a... | 02/06/2001 |
| 5649461 | Bar feeder for automatic lathes having a vertical swinging magazine The bar feeder comprises an oscillatable magazine in which bars are arran so as to form a substantially vertical plane. A bar pusher is arranged at the top of the magazine; in one angular position of the magazine, the bar pusher pushes the upper bar into... | 07/22/1997 |
| 5366334 | Loading device for sequential loading of bars in machine tools A loading device for sequential loading of bars in machine tools comprises chutes (16) for arrival of a bar against stops (17) for stopping in a withdrawal position. Beyond the stops (17) there is a guide (20,20') for axial sliding of a bar in a direction... | 11/22/1994 |
| 4968204 | Pusher for magazine of irradiated fuel elements This invention relates to a pusher placed in a magazine for irradiated fuel elements which allows displacement thereof for the cutting operations. The pusher according to the invention allows the displacement of elements of small section in a magazine of ... | 11/06/1990 |
| 4655662 | Gripper mechanism for feeding elongate strips A gripper mechanism for feeding a pair of elongate strips such as a pair of slide fastener stringers has a pair of gripper holders supporting a pair of grippers for gripping the slide fastener stringers, respectively, and a pair of sliders joined to the g... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4292892 | Conveyor apparatus for press machines A conveyor for conveying material from a press machine. The conveyor is advanced by apparatus adapted to be connected toi the movable head of the press machine. The apparatus includes an arm having a plurality of outwardly extending fingers which is conne... | 10/06/1981 |
| 4187748 | Automatic machine tool The particular machine described has a series of main collets mounted in an indexable drum, each main collet having an associated reciprocable feed tube carrying at its rear end a one-way feed collet employing wedging elements in the form of spring-loaded... | 02/12/1980 |
| 4170911 | Log cutting apparatus Apparatus is disclosed and claimed herein for cutting logs into predetermined lengths with primary use in a hardwood veneer plant. A log conveyor is provided, preferably in two sections, with a cutting station located therebetween. The cutting station is ... | 10/16/1979 |
| 4088230 | Control means for a bar holder and feeder coupled to an automatic machine tool Control means for a bar holder and feeder coupled to an automatic machine tool to hold bars for and feed bars to the machine tool and having feed means to feed a bar from the bar holder through a collet of the machine tool, the control means comprising co... | 05/09/1978 |
| 4068546 | Feed apparatus for screw machine A screw machine has a displaceable headstock and is provided with a pusher rod having at its front end a chuck that engages the rear end of a bar that passes axially through the headstock. This pusher rod is connected to a chain drive at least one of whos... | 01/17/1978 |
| 3945506 | Feed apparatus for automatic lathe A bar stock feeding apparatus for an automatic lathe, comprising a tube for guiding the bar stock. A piston is situated in the tube behind the bar stock for pushing it towards the headstock of the lathe, the piston itself being urged towards the headstock... | 03/23/1976 |
