Apparatus for moving a tool in a controlled manner
AssigneeAutoflow Engineering Limited
InventorsPeter H. H. Soper, Andrew S. Cammack
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Abstract
Apparatus for moving a tool such as a grinding wheel of a lens generating machine comprises a carrier for the tool which is movable about a pivot along an arcuate path and a cam and follower device operable to move the carrier along a slideway transverse to the arcuate path as a result of movement of the carrier about the pivot. In that way the tool can be controlled so that it follows a locus determined by the two movements.
Claims11
Lens generating apparatus comprising a bed, a mounting pivotally mounted on the bed, a tool carrier supported on the mounting for pivotal movement therewith along a first path, and means for sliding the carrier along a second path generally transverse to the first path as a result of movement of the carrier along the first path, the tool carrier comprising a fixed first section on said mounting and a second section pivotally mounted on the first section to enable the orientation of the tool relative to a workpiece, and adjustment means for pivoting the second section relative to the first section as a result of said movement of the carrier along the first path.
Lens generating apparatus for effecting relative movement between a tool element and a workpiece element in a controlled manner, comprising a bed, a mounting pivotally mounted on the bed, a carrier supported on the mounting for pivotal movement therewith and carrying one of said elements, said bed carrying the other element, said carrier being movable along a first path, and means for moving the carrier along a second path generally transverse to the first path, said means comprising a fixed first part associated with said bed and a second part associated with said mounting and engaging said carrier for cooperation with the first part as the carrier is moved along said first path to effect relative movement between the tool and workpiece elements, the carrier being slidable, on interaction of said first and second parts, along the mounting to a desired position by a rotary screw which carries a screw-threaded sleeve, said sleeve being arranged to transmit drive to the carrier in one direction through an abutment fast with the carrier and in an opposite direction through resilient means, the arrangement being such that the second part moves the carrier along the second path against the bias of said resilient means in one direction and said resilient means effects return movement of said carrier.
Lens generating apparatus for effecting relative movement between a tool element and a workpiece element in a controlled manner comprising a bed, a mounting pivotally mounted on the bed, a carrier supported on the mounting for pivotal movement therewith and carrying one of said elements, said bed carrying the other element, said carrier being movable along a first path, and means for moving the carrier along a second path generally transverse to the first path as a result of movement of the carrier along the first path to effect relative movement between the tool and workpiece elements, said carrier comprising a fixed first section on the mounting and a movable section pivotally mounted on the first section to enable the orientation of said one of said elements to be varied relative to the other, adjustment means being provided which causes the movable section to pivot relative to the first section as a result of said movement of the carrier along the first path.
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