Turret type metal working machine
OwnerGary L. Bakerinventor
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Abstract
A turret type machine tool indexable to selected positions with a plurality of identical tools supported in each of the indexed positions to work on a like number of rotatable workpieces. The tool carrying turret is indexable about an axis located in the same plane as the axes of rotation of the workpieces. The turret is movable in a vertical plane between working and nonworking positions on bearings which are symmetrically disposed relative to the plane so that tool loads at the workpieces are distributed to the remainder of the machine symmetrically relative to the same common plane.
Claims22
In a metal working machine comprising;
- a main supporting frame, means supporting a plurality of identical workpieces on said main frame for rotation about uniformly spaced parallel axes disposed in a common plane, an elongated tool support having means to support a set of tools corresponding in number and spacing to said plurality of workpieces, support means operatively disposed between said main frame and each of the opposite ends of said elongated tool support and each (being slidably engaged with) of said support means including a pair of parallel guides supported relative to said main frame and disposed symmetrically at opposite sides of said common plane, and a carriage movably mounted on each pair of said parallel guides and supporting opposite ends of said tool support for movement of said tool simultaneously into and out of metal working engagement with said work pieces.
A metal working machine comprising;
- a main supporting frame, a tool supporting turret rotatable about a horizontal axis, means supporting said turret for vertical sliding movement relative to said frame, said supporting means including a pair of carriages operatively associated with the opposite ends of said turret, respectively, each carriage being movably supported relative to said frame by bearing assemblies acting between each carriage and said main frame at points radially spaced equal amounts to opposite sides of a vertical plane passing through the axis of rotation of said turret and in the same horizontal plane, first drive means associated with one of said carriages for moving said carriage relative to said frame, second drive means associated with the other of said carriages for moving said other carriage relative to said frame, means connecting said first and second drive means together for simultaneous movement of said carriages equal distances in the same direction, tools supported from said turret and positioned in said vertical plane, and workpieces rotatably supported in said vertical plane and in alignment with said tools.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.