US Patent: 3,551,656 - Numerical Control System


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US Patent: 3,551,656

Numerical Control System

Patentee:

Jack A. Wohfeil (exact or similar names) - Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac County, WI

USPTO Classifications:

318/572, 318/574, 318/592, 318/594, 318/603, 318/632, 318/660, 340/146.2

Tool Categories:

metalworking machines : machine tool controls

metalworking machines : metalworking machine mechanisms : nc and cnc apparatus

Assignees:

Giddings & Lewis, Inc. - Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac County, WI

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Apr. 12, 1965
Granted:	Dec. 29, 1970

Patent Pictures:

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Description:

Abstract:

The present invention relates in general to numerical control systems of the kind used to produce automatic motions of machine tools and the like according to a predetermined program. Although not so specifically limited in its uses, the invention finds especially advantageous employment in point-to-point positioning of the movable elements of a machine tool, and it will here be described in that exemplary environment.