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US 10,486,222 B2Granted
Horizontal expanding machine
AssigneeC.M.S. Costruzione Macchine Speciali S.R.L.
InventorsVinicio Maggiolo, Augusto Tovo
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Abstract
A horizontal expanding machine, including a support frame defining a horizontal expanding axis (A), at least one guide associated with said frame and parallel to said expanding axis (A), at least one carriage moveable along said guide, a plurality of expanding shafts able to be associated with said carriage and arranged along said expanding axis (A). The machine includes automatic selection means of the expanding shafts adapted for selectively positioning said shafts on said carriage.
Claims13
A horizontal expanding machine, comprising
- a support frame defining a horizontal expanding axis (A),
- at least one guide associated with said frame and parallel to said expanding axis (A),
- at least one carriage movable along said guide,
- a plurality of expanding shafts associated with said carriage and arranged along said expanding axis (A),
- further comprising an automatic selection means of the expanding shafts able to selectively position said shafts on said carriage,
- wherein said automatic selection means comprise a plurality of gripping elements, each of which is selectively connectable to a respective expanding shaft,
- wherein each one of said gripping elements is movable between an inactive position of the respective expanding shaft and a coupling position of the respective expanding shaft to said carriage, and
- wherein said gripping elements are movable along the axes of the respective expanding shafts.
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