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.
Claims10
A tool rest for a machine tool, with a plurality of rotary tools, and a rotatably supported tool-rotating drive shaft whose rotation is transmitted to each rotary tool, the tool rest comprising:
- a plurality of input portions fixed to the tool-rotating drive shaft;
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- engaging portions corresponding to the respective input portions, rotatably supported and adapted to be driven in rotation by the input portion for engaging with the respective engaged portions of the rotary tool when a prescribed angular phase is reached;
- wherein an 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.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.