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US 4,321,845 AGranted
Bar puller for numerically controlled lathe
OwnerTibor Szabo, Robert L. Karrinventors
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Abstract
An automatic bar puller for a numerically controlled turret lathe, the puller being mounted on one station of the turret and have a detent actuated jaw that grips the end of a chuck mounted workpiece on triggering of a contact stop on the puller by the workpiece, and, the lathe controlling displacement of the workpiece and release of the jaw.
Claims10
A bar puller for attachment to a numerically controlled turret lathe having multiple tool stations comprising:
- a housing having mounting means for mounting the housing on a tool station of the lathe turret;
- an actuator head having locating means for positioning said head substantially within said housing with limited reciprocal movement therein, said actuator head having an exposed face;
- a plurality of gripping jaws uniformly mounted on said face of said actuator head with means for limited reciprocal displacement of said jaws on said face;
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- actuation means for actuating said jaws in response to displacements of said actuator head relative to said housing.
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