Pallet replacing device
OwnerNoriyuki Kikuchiinventor
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Abstract
A pallet P held in a vertical position is moved from a pallet mounting surface, formed to extend vertically on a table 115 of a machine tool 101, to a pallet mounting surface formed vertically on a pallet support member 17 of a pallet changer 11. After rotationally indexing a swivel base 15 by 180 degrees about a vertical axis, a pallet P′ is moved from the pallet support member 17 to the table 115.
Claims2
A pallet changer for changing a pallet of a machine tool, said machine tool comprising a spindle supported so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis for mounting a tool at the forward end thereof, and a table or a pallet mount facing the front of said spindle for mounting a pallet on a vertical surface perpendicular to the axis of said spindle, said machine tool machining a workpiece fixed on said pallet with said tool by moving said tool and said table relative to each other, said pallet changer characterized by comprising:
- a pallet support member disposed adjacent to said table or said pallet mount and adapted to be rotationally indexed about a vertical axis, said pallet support member having at least two vertical pallet mounting surfaces on each of which said pallet can be removably mounted;
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- a pallet moving means for moving and transferring said pallet in a vertical position between said table or said pallet mount and said pallet support member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.