B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – Q
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
23
Q
29/5
B23Q 3/157 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1146347
ABSTRACT "AUTOMATIC TOOL CHANGER AND TOOL STORAGE ARRANGEMENT FOR MACHINE TOOL" A combined tool storage and tool change arrangement for use with a machine tool of the type which includes a power driven rotatable spindle having a socket which re- ceives a tool shank of a predetermined size. The tool storage arrangement comprises a main tool storage magazine with a plurality of tool receiving sockets sized to respec- tively receive a tool having a shank of said predetermined size. Means is provided for moving the main tool storage magazine whereby to present a predetermined tool receiving socket and the tool therein to a first tool transfer point. An auxiliary tool storage magazine is provided for receiv- ing and storing a plurality of tools having shanks of a different size than said predetermined size. The auxiliary tool storage magazine has a shank of said predetermined size whereby the auxiliary tool storage magazine may be stored in a socket of the main tool storage magazine. Means is pro- vided for transferring a predetermined tool storage magazine having a desired assortment of tools thereon from the main tool storage magazine to a tool transfer station contiguous the spindle of the machine tool. Means is provided at the tool transfer station for indexing the auxiliary tool stor- age magazine whereby to present a predetermined tool carried by the auxiliary tool storage magazine to a proper position for transfer to the spindle of the machine tool, and a tool transfer means is provided for transferring the predeter- mined tool from the auxiliary tool storage magazine to the spindle of the machine tool. The-auxiliary tool storage magazine is provided with sockets for receiving tools stored thereon, and the sockets are sized to receive tools having shanks of a size which is different than said predetermined size. The spindle is provided with an adapter to receive a tool having the shank of different size. The adapter it- self has a shank of said predetermined size, whereby the adapter may be stored in the main tool storage magazine, and whereby the adapter may be received by the socket of the machine tool spindle.
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Dailey Frank E.
Kielma Ervin J.
Kearney & Trecker Corporation
Sherman
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