US Patent: 3,344,511 - Toolholder and Gripping Device for Automatic Tool Changers


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US Patent: 3,344,511

Toolholder and Gripping Device for Automatic Tool Changers

Patentee:

Everett E. Hosea (exact or similar names) - Butte des Morts, Winnebago County, WI

USPTO Classifications:

483/31, 483/40

Tool Categories:

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

Assignees:

Giddings & Lewis Machine Tool Co. - f, WI

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Feb. 08, 1965
Granted:	Oct. 03, 1967

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Description:

Claim:

The present invention relates to automatic tool changing apparatus adapted to be used with a machine tool for automatically transferring a succession of tools from a storage area to an operating station and for subsequently returning them to the storage area. More specifically, the invention relates to an improved toolholder and gripping device for an automatic tool changer wherein the toolholder is formed with a generally radial intermediate flange and the gripping device engages the flange with motion substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of the toolholder.