Tool rest for machine tool
AssigneesCitizen Watch Co., Ltd., Citizen Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorNoriyoshi Taguchi
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Abstract
A tool rest for a machine tool, with a plurality of rotary tools and a tool-rotating drive shaft supported rotatably so that its rotation is transmitted to each rotary tool. The tool rest includes: a plurality of input portions fixed to the tool-rotating drive shaft; and engaging portions corresponding to the respective input portions, rotatably supported and adopted to be driven in rotation by the input portions for engaging with engaged portions of each rotary tool to transmit power when a prescribed rotational phase is reached. Adjusting means is provided between a prescribed input portion and the engaging portion, for adjusting the phase of the engaging portion relative to the tool-rotating drive shaft such that the engaging portions and the corresponding engaged portions are engaged simultaneously.
Claims4
A tool rest for a machine tool, the tool rest comprising:
- a first rotary tool;
- a second rotary tool;
- a rotatably supported tool-rotating drive shaft whose rotation is transmitted to the first rotary tool and to the second rotary tool, the tool-rotating drive shaft having a key groove formed in the outer peripheral surface thereof;
- a first input portion consisting of a first gear wheel, the first input portion having a key that is received within the key groove of the tool-rotating drive shaft, the first input portion and the tool-rotating drive shaft being fixed to one another via the key and the key groove such that the first input portion is fixed from rotation relative to the tool-rotating drive shaft;
- a second input portion consisting of a second gear wheel and rotatably supported by the tool-rotating drive shaft;
- a first engaging portion corresponding to the first input portion and rotatably supported and adapted to be driven in rotation by the first input portion, the first engaging portion for engaging with a first engaged portion of the first rotary tool when a first prescribed angular phase is reached;
- a second engaging portion corresponding to the second input portion and rotatably supported and adapted to be driven in rotation by the second input portion, the second engaging portion for engaging with a second engaged portion of the second rotary tool when the prescribed angular phase is reached;
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- a fixing means, arranged inside the second input portion and attached to the tool-rotating drive shaft, the fixing means fixing the second input portion with respect to the tool-rotating drive shaft such that a phase of the second engaging portion is adjustable relative to the tool-rotating drive shaft, the phase of the second engaging portion being adjusted by shifting a circumferential position of the second input portion in a rotating direction relative to the tool-rotating drive shaft.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.