GB Patent: 2,043,497 - Workpiece Handling Apparatus for a Machine Tool


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GB Patent: GB-2,043,497

Workpiece Handling Apparatus for a Machine Tool

Patentee:

Webster & Bennett, Ltd. (exact or similar names) - Coventry, Warwick County, England

USPTO Classifications:

Tool Categories:

metalworking machines : metalworking machine mechanisms : workpiece changers and storage mechanisms

Assignees:

None

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 04, 1980
Granted:	Oct. 08, 1980

Patent Pictures:

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Description:

Abstract:

Apparatus for handling workpieces on a machine tool particularly where a workpiece support platen 10 is inclined to the horizontal, comprises a lifting frame comprising a ring 32, a centre member 31 and connecting bars, situated in use between the platen 10 and the workpiece, can be raised with the workpiece, when gripping jaws 28 have been released from the workpiece, the lifting being carried out by lifting rings 62. Alternatively, a fluid pressure can acts via cam levers and brackets, or racks and sector arms on the ring 32. The lifting ring are also utilized for removing the frame and workpiece for replacement. Some frame bars are movable to grip the workpiece when transported and lifted.