US Patent: 2,816,454 - Positioning Means for Machine Tools


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US Patent: 2,816,454

Positioning Means for Machine Tools

Patentees:

Everett E. Hosea (exact or similar names) - Kaukanuna, Outagamie County, WI

Adrian T. Godschalx (exact or similar names) - Appleton, Outagamie County, WI, WI

USPTO Classifications:

192/107M, 192/84.21, 192/84.91, 192/84.951, 477/11, 477/12, 477/16, 477/19, 74/365

Tool Categories:

metalworking machines : metalworking machine mechanisms

Assignees:

Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Co. - Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac County, WI

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Dec. 14, 1955
Granted:	Dec. 17, 1957

Patent Pictures:

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Description:

Claim:

The present invention pertains generally to machine tools and the positioning of translatable machine tool components, such for example as the column movable along the bed or the headstock movable along the column of a horizontal drilling machine. More particularly, the invention is concerned with positioning drives or transmissions utilizing magnetic clutches, with the construction of such clutches, and with the control thereof.