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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7337700 | Precision tool holder with flexure-adjustable, three degrees of freedom for a four-axis lathe A precision tool holder for precisely positioning a single point cutting tool on 4-axis lathe, such that the center of the radius of the tool nose is aligned with the B-axis of the machine tool, so as to facilitate the machining of precision meso-scale components wi... | 03/04/2008 |
| 6651534 | NC circular table and NC circular table apparatus An NC machine tool includes an NC circular table and an NC circular table apparatus which dispense with the original restoration or calibration operation in an absolute type encoder using a backup battery. The NC circular table has an NC controller for pe... | 11/25/2003 |
| 6327947 | Apparatus and method for automatically compensating for lateral runout An apparatus and method for automatically compensating for the lateral runout between an on-car lathe apparatus and a vehicle hub axis including one or more stop discs that rotate with the drive shaft of the lathe and that can be selectively stopped from ... | 12/11/2001 |
| 6237452 | Precision high speed turning machine A precision high speed turning machine apparatus is provided which performs a selected operation, such as shaping, polishing or probing/measuring on a workpiece and in particular on a rotationally non-symmetric workpiece. The workpiece is mounted to a wor... | 05/29/2001 |
| 6122999 | Lathe apparatus and method In one form, the disclosure describes a lathe apparatus and method for manufacturing a product with a non-axisymmetric shape from a workpiece, such as a toric contact lens, comprises a spindle for rotating the workpiece about an axis of rotation, a cuttin... | 09/26/2000 |
| 6109151 | Method and device for position exact and dimension exact chamfering of a pipe end In a method for machining a chamfer at a pipe end, clamped in a radial clamping device, to exact positional and dimensional tolerances as a function of a measured course of an inner and an outer diameter of the pipe, an actual position of the pipe end cla... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5960690 | Machine tool incorporating means for selectively engaging a control device to a carriage A machine tool such as a lathe including a control device for enabling manual operation of carriages which are movable in mutually orthogonal directions. During manual operation, the control device and the longitudinally moving carriage are moved in tande... | 10/05/1999 |
| 5802937 | Smart tool holder There is provided an apparatus for machining surfaces to accuracies within the nanometer range by use of electrical current flow through the contact of the cutting tool with the workpiece as a feedback signal to control depth of cut.... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5751586 | CNC machine tool A machine tool including an elongate bed with front and rear ends and a longitudinal axis, a spindle with a work piece-engaging chuck at the rear end of the bed, a first motor driving the spindle, a carriage at the front end of the bed, a first drive mean... | 05/12/1998 |
| 5598756 | Device for stopping automatically an overloaded lathe A device for stopping automatically an overloaded lathe comprises a support base, a front holding base, a rear holding base eccentric cam, a locating block, and a lathe tool. The front holding base is fastened with the front end of the support base by mea... | 02/04/1997 |
| 5582085 | Dynamic infeed control with workpiece oscillation for segmenting swarf in a lathe application A dynamic infeed control is used to segment swarf produced in a lathing operation into short manageable segments. The preferred dynamic method for segmenting the swarf is to add a sine wave motion to the nominal infeed motion. The amplitude of the sine wa... | 12/10/1996 |
| 5499563 | On-car disc brake lathe On-car disc brake lathe unit (2) for simultaneous resurfacing of opposite sides of a brake disc (1) for a wheel without removing the disc but only the wheel and other parts of the brake mechanism, and with a device for rotating the disc, comprising a hous... | 03/19/1996 |
| 5396821 | Apparatus and method of machining article of eccentric configuration An eccentric-shape machining apparatus as well as an eccentric-shape machining method are provided which can efficiently and accurately bore, contour or thread a workpiece about any position other than the rotational center of the workpiece. The workpiece... | 03/14/1995 |
| 5349889 | Lathe A slide (4) made up of a table (8) and a base (11) is actuated radially relative to a workpiece (M) to be machined via a stud (17) adjustable in a slot (16). The position of the stud can be regulated by means of a screw and a motor. A roller (24) borne by... | 09/27/1994 |
| 5347895 | Brake lathe with electronic feed control A brake lathe for truing brake rotors includes a tool holder driven by a direct current motor to move a cutting tool radially with respect to the rotor axis in direct proportion to the number of turns of the drive shaft of the direct current motor. A tool... | 09/20/1994 |
| 5315526 | Numerically controlled lathe A numerically controlled lathe capable of machining a workpiece by numerically controlling a machining table provided with a machining tool. In order to prevent a local uneven abrasion of parts, which make a sliding contact, due to a mass production of wo... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5291812 | Turning apparatus with improved chip handling A metal turning chip breaking apparatus includes an impulse actuator in the form of a piezoelectric element that rapidly expands and contracts in response to a rapidly applied and removed voltage. This, in turn, is used to impulsively move a cutter suppor... | 03/08/1994 |
| 5282402 | Machine tool tailstock A machine tool comprises a base, a spindle operably associated with the base, a work holder operably associated with the spindle for securing a workpiece to the spindle, and a tailstock operably secured to the base. The tailstock includes a slideway and a... | 02/01/1994 |
| 5251522 | Protective apparatus preventing lathe tool from breaking An apparatus preventing a lathe tool from being damaged is composed of a lathe tool support provided thereon with a front chucking stand and a rear chucking stand, which are used to hold the lathe tool. The front chucking stand has an opening which receiv... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5197361 | Surface contouring tool There is provided by the present invention a surface contouring tool useful for reaching otherwise inaccessible working surfaces such as large diameter gas turbine engine rotor inner surfaces, the invention including a machining head means extendable from... | 03/30/1993 |
| 5152202 | Turning machine with pivoted armature The invention relates to a high speed turning machine for machining a rotating workpiece to have a predetermined profile surface by using a cutting tool mounted on a pivotal tool holder that is reciprocated rapidly toward and from the workpiece surface. A... | 10/06/1992 |
| 5113728 | Method and apparatus for forming intermittent chips when machining a rotating workpiece The formation of intermittent chips or chip breakage are assured while machining a rotating workpiece by causing the undeformed chip thickness to vary periodically and be reduced to zero in each period of its variation. To obtain the periodic reduction of... | 05/19/1992 |
| 5085109 | Machine tool for processing work piece into non-circular cross-sectional configuration A machine tool for processing a work piece into a non-circular cross-sectional configuration according to the invention precisely processes, for example, a piston cylinder into a non-circular cross-sectional configuration by inputting simplified data. Tha... | 02/04/1992 |
| 5050468 | Method and apparatus for cutting a circumferential serpentine groove in a workpiece using an engine lathe Two preferred embodiments of an apparatus are disclosed for imparting combined synchronous reciprocating and oscillatory motions to a cutting tool of the type used with an engine lathe to cut a continuous circumferential serpentine-patterned groove in the... | 09/24/1991 |
| 4951534 | Below-floor lathe for regrinding the tires of railroad-vehicle wheel sets A below-floor lathe for reprofiling the rims of railroad-vehicle wheel sets, with four driven friction rollers, two rotating supports, and controls. The friction rollers can be forced in pairs against the outer surface of each rim in a wheel set. A detect... | 08/28/1990 |
| 4776247 | Numerical control system A numerical control system has a tool holder which supports tools . . . attached to at least two intersecting sides, preferably three sides of a rectangular shape. The tool holder is movable along plural axes, e.g., X and Y-axis directions. A memory circu... | 10/11/1988 |
| 4656897 | Numerical control device for automatic lathe The cabinet of the numerical control device contains a memory, a frequency changer, an amplifier and two correcting units. A programing station with keyboard and mounted on the cabinet enables programing the memory. The control device further comprises an... | 04/14/1987 |
| 4440050 | Drive mechanism for a feed screw Drive mechanism for a feed screw or threaded spindle for tool machines. The threaded spindle is drivable both by a drive motor and also by a handwheel which can be coupled by an axial shifting movement of a control rod. The drive connection between the dr... | 04/03/1984 |
| 4324161 | Automatic turret lathe An automatic turret lathe in which sequences are manually programmed for automatic control (both turret and cross slide) as an incident to setting up the machine, requiring neither tape nor card programs but rather the manual effort of the machinist; the ... | 04/13/1982 |
| 4253359 | Drive system for multiple spindle machine tool A drive system for a multiple spindle machine tool which includes a separate servo motor for powering the drum shaft which serves as the basic control element for the timing and movement of tools which are operable upon the workpieces carried in the spind... | 03/03/1981 |
| 4250779 | Apparatus for making out-of-round workpieces An apparatus for the non-circular peripheral machining of an out-of-round workpiece includes a lathe spindle for rotating the workpiece; a radially displaceable tool holder for carrying a tool to engage a peripheral face of the workpiece; a first and a se... | 02/17/1981 |
| 4208930 | Spindle control mechanism An improved spindle control mechanism for a lathe that includes, in preferred form, a rotatable control knob operably related to a plurality of spindle motor control and servo-control switches by a switch drum fixed thereto and operably connected to a spi... | 06/24/1980 |
| 4203062 | Machine tool control system The invention relates to an attachment for the machining by stock removal of parts to be turned, particularly such which have surface longitudinal profiles which differ from the exact circular shape and may furthermore be irregular, with the aid of a tool... | 05/13/1980 |
| 4168639 | Machine tool having a programmed turret The invention relates to a machine tool of the type having a rotatable support for the material to be worked upon and a slide movable toward the work carrying a programmed turret with a plurality of tool supports which may be indexed to position one tool ... | 09/25/1979 |
| 4106375 | Variable feed high-production precision machine A high-production, precision machine tool has means for varying the feed rate of the tool during the actual machining of each workpiece. The means comprise a plurality of program cams disposed on the camshaft of the machine tool for selecting the appropri... | 08/15/1978 |
| 4084461 | Automatic feed for a lathe The specification discloses a lathe incorporating automatic feed at fast and slow speeds for driving (a) a tool holder carriage rapidly in leftward and rightward directions along the lathe bed and slowly in a leftward direction for automatic feed, and als... | 04/18/1978 |
| 4026143 | Ultrasonic sensor assembly A mounting assembly for supporting an ultrasonic transducer within a machine tool. An ultrasonic tube assembly mounted coaxially within a machine spindle and tool supports an ultrasonic sensor adjacent to the surface being machined during machining. The t... | 05/31/1977 |
