US Patent: 4,318,465 - Indexing Drive Control


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US Patent: 4,318,465

Indexing Drive Control

Patentees:

James W. Calvert (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Charles P. Shinkle (exact or similar names) - Bethel, Clermont County, OH

USPTO Classifications:

198/341.02, 198/794, 198/832.1

Tool Categories:

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

metalworking machines : machine tool controls

Assignees:

Cincinnati Milacron, Inc. - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	May 28, 1980
Granted:	Mar. 09, 1982

Patent Pictures:

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Description:

Abstract:

An apparatus and method are disclosed for transporting products to and from the machine function operating stations of an integrated machine. The apparatus provides a table for carrying the products which is rotatably indexed by a drive system as required by the overall machine cycle of operation. The indexing drive system comprises an indexer, a driving motor, a brake, means for monitoring the orientation of the table and indexer input and circuitry operative to control the motor and brake to execute the cycle of operation of the indexer while simultaneously initiating activity of the machine operating station mechanisms in accordance with the disclosed method.