Turret lathe having probe and protective cover
AssigneeLeBlond Makino Machine Tool Co.
InventorJohannes Bazuin
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Abstract
A turret lathe having a part gaging probe at one position on the turret. The lathe has a probe cover supported in a holder when the probe is in use. The numerically-controlled lathe mechanism enables the turret to carry the probe over the cover to apply or remove the cover during the cycle of operations.
Claims6
In a lathe having a housing, a chuck for holding a workpiece, said chuck being mounted at one side of said housing, a tool-holding turret opposite said chuck, said turret having a plurality of tool-holding positions, and a probe mounted in one of those positions, means for rotating said turret to bring the proper tool into position and means for moving said turret longitudinally and transversely to bring tools into engagement with said workpiece, the improvement comprising:
- a probe cover separable from the probe and covering the probe when said probe is not in use, and means for removing said cover from said probe automatically and retaining said probe cover on said one side of said lathe housing when said probe is to be used.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.