Automatic drill bit changing magazine
AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsRavi Kumar Nagarajan, William Frisbey, Scott Alan Christianson
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AssigneeCaterpillar Inc.
InventorsRavi Kumar Nagarajan, William Frisbey, Scott Alan Christianson
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A magazine for auto drill-bit changes including a housing. The housing includes a first and second housing guide and at least two drill-bit pockets. The magazine also includes a bracket, an actuator, and a lid dimensioned to enclose the housing. The housing and lid pivotally coupled to the bracket, wherein the housing is actuatable between a parked, closed position and an open, tilted position when the actuator transitions from a first state to a second state. The lid includes a guide plate disposed on an underside of the lid. When the housing is in the parked position, the first and second housing guides engage the second portion of the guide plate and, when the housing is in the open, tilted position, the first guide engages the second portion of the guide.
A magazine for auto drill-bit changes, the magazine comprising:
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