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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7316639 | Tool magazine A tool magazine exhibits a storage wheel, on the circumference of which there are attached, in the direction of its rotational axis protruding in both directions, tool receivers designed to receive tools. To transport the tools to a tool changer arranged on one side... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7267642 | Automatic tool changing device and working machine An automatic tool changing device (30) has a tool storage device (31) with a plurality of tools stored therein, a tool chucking unit (41) and a tool unchucking unit (51) both capable of advancing/retreating between the tool storage device... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7250024 | Tool shelf magazine A tool shelf magazine for milling and drilling machines has at least one shelf, a plurality of compartments provided in the shelf above each other at predetermined intervals and also a plurality of notches, which are open on one side accommodating one suspended tool... | 07/31/2007 |
| 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 |
| 7011613 | Spindle comprising a data storage element The invention relates to a spindle (9) for a machine tool, having a housing (12) to accommodate an electric motor (11) and a shaft (13) driven by the latter and having a tool holder for a tool (10) for machining workpieces, at leas... | 03/14/2006 |
| 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 |
| 6685608 | Device for loading and unloading tools into/from the tool magazine of a machine-tool or the like A device for loading and unloading a tool into/from the tool magazine of a machine-tool or the like comprises a door, which separates the area of the tool magazine from an external protected area, and a tool-bearing slide, which can be displaced between a... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6645131 | Hydrostatic tool system An hydrostatic tool system including a tool assembly having a hydrostatic tool holder for holding a rotating tool, for example a machine or cutting tool. The hydrostatic tool system may also include a tool storage system, a tool transport system and a too... | 11/11/2003 |
| 6579216 | Tool exchanging apparatus for a processing center A tool exchanging apparatus for a processing center, provided with at least one tool spindle (2), in which a tool (1) can be clamped and which can be moved in the direction of the spindle axis and at least also in a direction vertical to this direction, e... | 06/17/2003 |
| 6494821 | Movable arm activated tool changer for machine tool system The present invention involves a tool changer for removal and installation of tools in a machining center having a machine tool with a spindle for holding a tool disposed within the machining center frame. The tool changer comprises a tool rack having a p... | 12/17/2002 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 6371898 | Tool-change system for a machine tool with a number of machining heads The tools of the various machining heads are housed on a common drum, which is remote from the heads and rotated to select a given row of tools. At each head, there is provided and intermediate station having a container housing a row of tools; and a shut... | 04/16/2002 |
| 6350222 | Machine tool with improved tool changer means A tool changer for a machine tool having a toolhead assembly including a spindle with a device detachable securing a tool thereto, generally consisting of at least one device for holding a tool detachably securable to the spindle, pivotally connected to t... | 02/26/2002 |
| 6325748 | Tool transfer device for machine tools A tool transfer device for machine tools that can reduce the tool transfer time and also reduce the cost of the device by eliminating the need for a driving source. The tool transfer device for machine tools has a tool magazine set beside a spindle on whi... | 12/04/2001 |
| 6102839 | Tool-change system for a machine tool with a number of machining heads The tools of the various machining heads are housed on a common drum, which is remote from the heads and rotated to select a given row of tools. At each head, there is provided an intermediate station having a container housing a row of tools; and a shutt... | 08/15/2000 |
| 6059704 | System for selecting tools from a tool store of a machine tool for machining printed circuit boards The machine has a device for exchanging tools between a tool store and the spindle of a machining head carried by a carriage movable along the X axis; the store has a number of locations for the tools arranged in a matrix of rows and columns; a worktable ... | 05/09/2000 |
| 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 |
| 6007277 | Multiple bit power tool The present invention relates to a portable electric drill having a rotatable magazine containing multiple tool bits from which a single bit may be selected for use. The magazine is in the form of an approximate 120-degree segment of a cylinder with a plu... | 12/28/1999 |
| 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 |
| 5893685 | Multiple bit power tool The present invention relates to a portable electric drill having a rotatable magazine containing multiple tool bits from which a single bit may be selected for use. The magazine is in the form of an approximate 120-degree segment of a cylinder with a plu... | 04/13/1999 |
| 5846172 | Automatic attachment exchange apparatus This invention makes it possible to freely exchange an attachment 20, to which is connected a flexible cable 21 used as an energy supply line and a signal line, on an end surface of a ram 13 of a spindle head of a machine tool having a plurality of contro... | 12/08/1998 |
| 5820536 | Automatic tool exchanging apparatus for machine tool An automatic tool exchanging apparatus carries tools between a magazine pot allocated to an exchanging position and a leading end of a spindle of a machine tool spinning a tool about a vertical axis through the turning and displacement movements of an exc... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5797825 | Tool conveyer A tool conveyer for use with a machine tool includes: a rotatable first link (15); a first fluid pressure cylinder (17) for driving the first link: a second link (20) rotatably connected at its intermediate portion to an free end of the first link; a tool... | 08/25/1998 |
| 5716310 | Tool change apparatus A tool changer system is disclosed comprising one or more tool grippers together with a pressure foot insert change pod supported on a U-V slide which is independent of the machine work table. The slide services a tool magazine mounted on the machine tool... | 02/10/1998 |
| 5542899 | Multispindle-head machine tool A multispindle-head machine tool has a column, a plurality of multispindle heads each having a plurality of tools and an engaging member and an annular feed passageway supporting the multispindle heads for circulatory movement therealong. The annular feed... | 08/06/1996 |
| 5514063 | Machine tool A machine tool which comprises a headstock (111) and at least one tool changer (120). The tool changer (120) shifts the production tools (116) between a magazine position and a working position, a drive unit (123) being provided for it in the form of at l... | 05/07/1996 |
| 5346453 | Multiple bit power drill Disclosed is a portable electric power drill having a rotatable cylindrical magazine within the drill housing for storing a tool bit element in each of its plural bores, the magazine being rotatable to bring a selected magazine bore in alignment with the ... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5250017 | Automatic tool changer for a machining apparatus The disclosure relates to an improved automatic tool changer for use in a machining apparatus. The automatic tool changer is designed to cooperate with adapters each carrying a tool to be changed. The automatic tool changer comprises a bifurcated carrier ... | 10/05/1993 |
| 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 |
| 5147160 | 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... | 09/15/1992 |
| 5081763 | Automated drilling station An automated drilling station for use in a computer controlled manufacturing system comprising an adjustable frame structure for releasably clamping a work piece in a planar work position, a chuck assembly adapted to operatively receive a selected drill b... | 01/21/1992 |
| 5065498 | Multiple bit power drill The present invention provides an electric power drill having a magazine containing a multiplicity of bits from which a single bit is selected using a bolt action. The magazine is cylindrical and is rotated about a central axis to select a bit. The bit is... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5046233 | Machine tool The invention relates to a machine tool on which an extra working head can be exchanged readily. The machine tool comprises a main beam extending horizontally in leftward and rightward directions, a carrier mounted for leftward and rightward movement on t... | 09/10/1991 |
| 4995161 | Electrically controlled machine tools with tool changing means A machine tool which has a chassis, a chuck support rotatably mounted on the chassis and removably carrying a plurality of chucks in a circular row and each holding an associated rotatable processing tool and a chuck carrier operable to remove one of the ... | 02/26/1991 |
| 4928381 | Automatic tool changer An automatic tool changer includes a main spindle having a bore inside, a chuck provided at an opening of the main spindle, a plurality of tools accommodated in the bore of the main spindle, wherein the tools are individually slidable axially of the main ... | 05/29/1990 |
| 4776081 | Multi-spindle head-replacing machine tool In multi-spindle head-replacing type machine tool comprising a machining unit disposed on a base for advancing and retreating movements between an original position and a machining position, a first annular guide rail including a movable rail integral wit... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4696091 | Automatic tool changer During the automatic changing of tools between a spindle of a machine tool and a tool magazine, a changing operation of causing one of a pair of tool changing arms to stand by in the vicinity of the spindle to remove the used tool and another changing ope... | 09/29/1987 |
| 4658494 | Apparatus for drilling printed circuit boards An apparatus for forming openings in printed circuit boards includes a work table for supporting the printed circuit boards, and at least one drilling unit movable relative to the work table. The apparatus uses drills each having a shank, a collar fitted ... | 04/21/1987 |
