US Patent: 3,370,346 - Mechanisms for Tool Changers


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US Patent: 3,370,346

Mechanisms for Tool Changers

Patentees:

Robert A. Lehmkuhl (exact or similar names) - Appleton, Outagamie County, WI, WI

Robert E. Reed (exact or similar names) - Kaukanuna, Outagamie County, WI

USPTO Classifications:

483/51, 483/59

Tool Categories:

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

metalworking machines : milling machines : milling machine accessories

Assignees:

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

Manufacturer:

Not known to have been produced

Witnesses:

Unknown

Patent Dates:
Applied:	Oct. 11, 1965
Granted:	Feb. 27, 1968

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Description:

Original application filed 19 Sept., 1962,. Divided and this application filed 11 Oct., 1965.

Abstract:

A tool storage magazine latch mechainism for tools. A spring biased shaft is engageable with the downwardly turned lip on the flange of a tool and is movable to release the tool by a tool transfer shuttle which carries the tool to the spindle of a machine tool.