B - Operations – Transporting – 23 – B
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
23
B
82/33
B23B 25/00 (2006.01) B23Q 3/155 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 1141573
BFN 6741 AUTOMATIC TOOL CHANGER FOR A LATHE Abstract of the Disclosure An automatic tool changer for a lathe is provided having a rotating drum-type tool storage magazine mounted to the cross slide of the lathe and rotatable to align anyone of a plurality of tool holder assemblies and their tools, supported by the magazine, with a guide channel through which a se- lected tool holder assembly and tool can be slid to the active position, or tool post, on the cross slide, for operating on the workpiece supported by the lathe. A stationary, double-acting, hydraulic piston is disposed in the central portion of the drum-type magazine, having its piston rod in align- ment with the guide channel and having a tool holder assembly shuttle member attached to the rod, for transporting an active tool and holder assembly from its ready position in the magazine, in a straight line radially outward from the magazine to the tool post, and for returning the tool holder assembly and tool to their storage position on the magazine after use.
364103
Gowling Lafleur Henderson Llp
Lodge & Shipley Company (the)
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