US Patent: 3,412,459 - Automatic Tool Changing System


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US Patent: 3,412,459

Automatic Tool Changing System

Patentee:

John C. Hollis (exact or similar names) - Cincinnati, Hamilton County, OH

USPTO Classifications:

483/44, 483/45, 483/49, 483/51, 483/59, 483/9, 483/902

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:	Sep. 05, 1967
Granted:	Nov. 26, 1968

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Description:

This is a continuation of my application, filed 02 Jan., 1959 and now abandoned.

Abstract:

A tool changer for a horizontal spindle machine tool, with a tool storage matrix, and a tool carrier for transferring tools over successive longitudinal and lateral paths between the spindle and the matrix, the tool carrier being horizontally movable along a track to move a tool between the matrix and an intermediate, tool exchange station laterally adjacent the spindle, and laterally therefrom into alignment with the spindle.