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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 5919120 | Tool changer method In a tool changer system 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 in close ... | 07/06/1999 |
| 5868656 | Machine tool having a tool changing device with linear stroke mechanism A machine tool comprises a spindle having a tool receptacle for receiving tool holders in their working position. A tool changer is provided for conveying a tool holder in a first changing step between a magazine position and a spindle position at said sp... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5439434 | Automatic tool exchanger A simple and efficient tool exchanger device is presented. The device has a pair of swing arms (8, 9), and each swing arm is provided with a set of grippers (11, 12) for holding a tool bit. The positions of the swing arms (8, 9) are separated by 90 degree... | 08/08/1995 |
| 5407416 | Automatic tool change device for printed circuit board machines The tool store comprises a prismatic drum having a number of cells in which the tools may be inserted singly or housed inside a magazine; and the tool change device comprises a pair of clamps operated singly and fitted to the work table. The clamps are mo... | 04/18/1995 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 4847979 | "Tool changer having a retaining means actuatable during loading of a bit along the central axis of a pocket" 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... | 07/18/1989 |
| 4599786 | Grinding machine with apparatus for changing grinding wheel tools and workpieces A grinding machine utilizes a gantry type loader for exchanging workpieces with the work support spindle of the machine. The loading head of the gantry loader has a rotatable workpiece gripper assembly to switch the parts end-for-end during the loading an... | 07/15/1986 |
| 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 |
| 4514892 | Machine tool A machine tool having a gate-type construction and provided with a tool magazine (11). The tool magazine (11) is mounted between a pair of support portions (3a) of a gate-shaped column (3) and above a work support table (2). The tool magazine (11) is comp... | 05/07/1985 |
| 4459737 | Machine tool containing a machine stand for a work spindle, a tool magazine and a tool changer arranged thereat With such machine tool the tool magazine is arranged independent of the machine stand. To obtain a tool changer having a simple course of movement which, additionally, does not transmit any vibrations from the tool magazine to the work spindle, the tool c... | 07/17/1984 |
| 4443928 | Multiple-spindle tool changer Apparatus for simultaneously changing all of the tools in a multiple spindle machining center is provided with a number of tool carrying devices, each device corresponding to a different one of the spindles. Each tool carrying device is capable of selecti... | 04/24/1984 |
