US Patent: 4,053,968 - Tool Support for Tool Interchange System


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US Patent: 4,053,968

Tool Support for Tool Interchange System

Patentees:

Earl E. Johnson (exact or similar names) - Kaukanuna, Outagamie County, WI

Calvin Gladoske (exact or similar names) - Fond Du Lac, Fond Du Lac County, WI

USPTO Classifications:

211/1.53, 279/900, 29/26A, 483/56, 483/67

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

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

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Aug. 06, 1975
Granted:	Oct. 18, 1977

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Description:

This is a division of application filed 16 Mar., 1973, now U.S. Pat. No. 3,911,540.

Abstract

A machine tool having automatic tool changing apparatus including a tool storage magazine formed with a plurality of circumferentially spaced socket recesses each having a generally U-shaped tool support shoe that is adapted to be broken away from the magazine to prevent damage to the tool changing apparatus in the event of unintended overtravel of the tool transfer mechanism at the magazine during a tool change operation. Limit switch means are provided for interrupting the feed drive of the machine in the event of such unintended overtravel of the tool transfer mechanism.