Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7361129 | Multi-axis automatic tool-changing system A multi-axis automatic tool-changing system for an automatic machining center which is disposed with a plurality of machining principal axes and a tool magazine. The tool magazine is disposed with a plurality of tool-changing positions located correspondingly to the... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7322916 | Tool magazine device for vertical machining center The invention provides a tool magazine device for a vertical machining center having a protective cover for a shank. A tool magazine device 100 disposed in a vertical machining center comprises a chain 120 moved between sprocket wheels 130 and | 01/29/2008 |
| 7264581 | Machining center with a relay tool exchange device A machining center includes a first column, a second column, a crossbeam mounted transversely on the first and the second columns, a tool magazine, an upper tool exchange device mounted on the crossbeam, a lower tool exchange device mounted on the tool magazine and ... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7258254 | Dispensing end cap An end cap is attached to a container body to form a liquid media package for dispensing liquid media. The end cap includes an aperture in fluid communication with the liquid media in the package. The end cap also includes at least one radial arm extending outwardly... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7229397 | Tool changing device for a machine tool and method for changing tools on a machine tool A tool changing device for a machine tool with at least one tool carrier is proposed, which comprises at least one transit station, into which a tool is introducable in an inward transit direction and is extractable in an outward transit direction, wherein, at the t... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7153252 | Storage arrangement for machine tools A storage arrangement (1) for machine tools is proposed, comprising at least two storage shelves (12) arranged vertically one above the other and in each case having a multiplicity of tool or workpiece retainers (14), the tool or workpiece retai... | 12/26/2006 |
| 7131940 | Machine tool The present invention provides a machine tool whose width dimension is not increased even when it includes a tool magazine. The present invention includes: a bed; a saddle disposed on the bed to be movable in a forward and backward (Y-axis) direction in a front view... | 11/07/2006 |
| 7104940 | Tool changer for a machine tool A tool changer for machine tools having at least two tong-shaped grippers, the legs of which are formed for engaging with the ring groove at a broader end of a tool taper. The grippers are symmetrically mounted about the central axis of a carrier and are rotatable a... | 09/12/2006 |
| 6949055 | Machine tool A machine tool consists in a pair of slide ways set apart one from another and extending parallel with a longitudinal axis, a machining station between the slide ways, presenting a first zone and a second zone adjacent one to the other, and a traveling gantry set in... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6846276 | Method and apparatus for controlling tool changer The present invention relates a tool changer controlling method and apparatus, which can reduce a tool changing time as compared with the prior art. The controlling apparatus controls operation of a tool changer (1) which comprises a changer arm (2) fo... | 01/25/2005 |
| 6802801 | Tool changing device for a tool machine A tool changing device for a tool machine having a tool spindle which can be moved at least in the spindle direction and with which a tool can be engaged in a spindle hand-over position. A tool magazine/storage area houses a tool to be changed in a magazine ready po... | 10/12/2004 |
| 6464623 | Tool storage and tool exchange device of a machining machine-tool and operating process of such a device A tool storage and tool exchange device of a high speed machining machine-tool having a horizontal ram that receives a tool. The exchange device includes a tool storage module that has a multiplicity of housings receiving the tools, a handling module that... | 10/15/2002 |
| 6454684 | Automatic tool changing apparatus Disclosed is an automatic tool changing apparatus which comprises a tool magazine storing a multiplicity of tools each held by tool holding means, the tool magazine having a tool port through which the tools are loaded into or unloaded from the tool magaz... | 09/24/2002 |
| 6450932 | Spare tool changing system for machining center A guide rail (12) is laid on a frame (4) of a horizontal machining center provided with a tool magazine (5) to guide a tool changer (11) for movement between a tool transfer station near the tool magazine (5) and a tool changing station at a lower part of... | 09/17/2002 |
| 6371899 | Tool changer for machine tools A tool changer for machine tools is capable of transferring a tool transfer pot with a stroke smaller than the transfer distance of the tool transfer pot. The tool changer for a combined machining lathe includes a tool magazine having a multiplicity of to... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6364818 | CNC machine center with double-speed shifting feature in X and Z axes A CNC machine center with double-speed shifting feature in X and Z axes, comprises an upright stand for disposing a worktable assembly and a tool holder assembly. The worktable assembly and the tool assembly are relatively movable with each other in two p... | 04/02/2002 |
| 6010440 | Automated machine tool including a plurality of processing units and a shared tool stocker An automated machine tool is provided and includes a frame having a first workpiece transfer station at a first location on the frame; at least two self-contained processing units, each of the units including structure for holding the workpiece for proces... | 01/04/2000 |
| 5908374 | Tool changer for machine tool A tool changer for a machine tool includes an arm support disposed between a spindle head and a tool magazine to be reciprocally moved along the spindle relative to the spindle, a pair of tool changing arms mounted for rocking motion on support shafts fur... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5885200 | Tool change device In the tool change device, a tool change arm 27 for changing a tool 25 with respect to a main spindle 24, a main tool magazine 29 including a plurality of hold grooves 30 arranged linearly for holding the tools 25, and a tool storage member 41 including a... | 03/23/1999 |
| 5584788 | Machine for mechanically machining boards, in particular printed circuit boards A machine presenting a worktable movable along a first axis; and a crosspiece fitted with a number of machining heads and movable along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis. The crosspiece presents a box structure, and two end portions guided on ... | 12/17/1996 |
| 5437592 | Machine tool changer Device for metal cutting a workpiece in a clamping fixture by using tools (WZ) which are removable in alternating sequence from a tool magazine with a sequence control of the machining steps and with a tool spindle unit changing device (4) and with a tool... | 08/01/1995 |
| 5169373 | Tool storage apparatus The tool storage apparatus according to the present invention includes holder units consisted by a strut and a multiplicity of holders adapted to hold tools. Holders are arranged in two rows and in each row, the holders are arranged one above another and ... | 12/08/1992 |
| 4984352 | Thin panel drilling method and apparatus The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for selectively and simultaneously drilling a plurality of holes in thin panels such as printed circuit boards, while providing for automatic changing of the drill bits, individually or plurally, as requ... | 01/15/1991 |
| 4932117 | Thin panel drilling method and apparatus The invention is directed to a method and apparatus for selectively and simultaneously drilling a plurality of holes in thin panels such as printed circuit boards, while providing for automatic changing of the drill bits, individually or plurally, as requ... | 06/12/1990 |
| 4654954 | Machine tools A tool handling system for tools 5 of the type having a machining portion and a common base portion 9 (e.g. an international taper) for being engaged by the drive spindle of a workhead, said system being adapted for storing said tools and for moving a sel... | 04/07/1987 |
| 4642875 | Machine tool with a headstock The machine tool exhibits a magazine and a tool changing device with two interconnected swivel-mounted transfer arms for tool changing. The magazine is disposed outside the range of the transfer arms on the side of an upright supporting the headstock, sai... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4538341 | Machine tool with tool change function A machine tool having an automatic tool changer for transferring tools between a tool magazine and a horizontal tool spindle rotatably mounted in a spindle head and which includes a vertical head which rotatably carries a vertical tool spindle and a horiz... | 09/03/1985 |
| 4528742 | Tool-change device for a machine tool A tool-changing device for a machine tool comprises a tool selector which is movable over a tool storage matrix to select tools from fixed storage locations and transfer them to an exchange position in readiness for mounting on a work head of the machine ... | 07/16/1985 |
| 4363166 | Automatic tool exchanger The present machine tool is constructed for an automatic tool exchange and includes a double column (11, 12) in which a spindle unit (15) and a tool magazine (22) are separately guided for moving jointly. A grapple claw mechanism includes an angular doubl... | 12/14/1982 |
| 4125932 | Multiple spindle machine tool A plurality of multiple spindle toolheads are stored in a carousel-type toolhead magazine on top of a machine tool which includes a toolhead driver for driving any selected one of the toolheads. The toolhead driver is mounted for movement along a Z axis t... | 11/21/1978 |
| 3947951 | Tool changer A machine tool having an automatic tool changer for interchanging cutting tools between the machine spindle and a tool storage wheel. The shanks of the tools are fitted in special "pot-type" holders which support the tools in assigned positions on the sto... | 04/06/1976 |
