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US 4,391,174 AGranted
Punch press machine with adjustable tool positioning
OwnerGerard G. F. Smeetsinventor
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A turret type punch press machine, adjustable means for aligning tool elements of spaced rotors comprising, a supporting member for at least one of the rotors, the supporting member being pivottably connected to a main frame of the machine, adjustable positioning and locking means for providing limited vernier adjustment of said supporting member about its pivot point on the machine, an indexing mechanism mounted on the supporting member providing for multi-position indexing of the rotor about its axis, and wherein the indexing mechanism is adjustable to provide limited angular positioning of the rotor for each indexed position thereof and to provide, in conjunction with the adjustable positioning of the supporting member two limited and substantial orthogonal directions of adjustment of the position of a tool mounted in the rotor on the supporting member.
In a turret type punch press machine, adjustable means for aligning tool elements of spaced rotors comprising, a supporting member for at least one of the rotors, the supporting member being pivottably connected to a main frame of the machine, adjustable positioning and locking means for providing limited vernier adjustment of said supporting member about its pivot point on the machine, an indexing mechanism mounted on the supporting member providing for multi-position indexing of the rotor about its axis, and wherein the indexing mechanism is adjustable to provide limited angular positioning of the rotor for each indexed position thereof and to provide, in conjunction with the adjustable positioning of the supporting member two limited and substantial orthogonal directions of adjustment of the position of a tool mounted in the rotor on the supporting member.
In a turret type punch press machine, a main frame member, first and second turret rotors adapted to carry mating elements of tool units into substantial alignment at a working station of the machines, means for adjusting the said alignment comprising, at least one support member supporting one of the rotors for limited vernier adjustment about a pivot point on the main frame, an indexing mechanism for indexing tool units consecutively to the working station, the indexing mechanism including a detent, mounted on the support member, cooperating with index means mounted near the periphery of the rotor, and wherein the detent is adjustable in the direction of the periphery of the rotor to provide a direction of adjustment of the position of a tool at the working station along an arc which crosses the arc of movement of the tool when the support member is adjusted about said pivot.
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