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GB Patent: GB-2,163,678
Moving and positioning machine tool slides
Patentee:
Norman Middlemiss (exact or similar names) - Broadheath, Manchester, England

USPTO Classifications:

Tool Categories:
metalworking machines : milling machines

Assignees:
Kearns Richards, Ltd. - Broadheath, Manchester, England

Manufacturer:
Kearns Richards, Ltd. - Broadheath, Manchester, England

Witnesses:
Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied: Aug. 29, 1984
Granted: Mar. 05, 1986

Patent Pictures:
Espacenet patent
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"Vintage Machinery" entry for H. W. Kearns & Co.
Description:
"Positioning apparatus comprises an elongate fixed bed 2, a carriage (3) moveable along the bed, and support 4 also moveable along the bed. The support is drivingly connected to the carriage by a drive coupling, e.g. screw 8 on carriage 3 and nut 15 on support 4, and drive 9 drives the coupling. First location means 12 are locate the carriage at a plurality of fixed positions along the bed and second location means 16 locate the support 4 at a plurality of fixed positions along the bed. The drive coupling is such that when the carriage 3 is located in a fixed position along the bed operation of the drive 9 causes the support 4 to move along the bed and when the support 4 is located in a fixed position along the bed operation of the drive coupling causes the carriage 3 to move along the bed."

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