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US 4,616,385 AGranted
Rotary synchronous cross drilling attachment
AssigneeWheeler Tool Company
InventorHarold E. Wheeler
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Abstract
What is proposed is a drilling attachment for use with a machine tool that rotates a workpiece in which the drilling apparatus is moved into an operative position to the workpiece by means of the machine tool slide and is rotated with the workpiece so that a drilling member associated with the rotating drilling apparatus is caused to rotate and to enter the workpiece while the same is rotating.
Claims12
A rotary synchronous cross drilling apparatus for use with a machine tool assembly having a synchronous rotating workpiece, comprising
- a movable slide member for slidably supporting said drilling apparatus parallel to a workpiece and advancing said drilling apparatus towards and away from said workpiece at a right angle thereto,
- a stop means for arresting said drilling apparatus at a desired location with respect to said workpiece,
- said drilling apparatus having a rotary portion and a means for rotating said rotary portion,
- a drill means including means for rotating said drill means and having a movable support means therefor disposed on said rotary portion, and
- actuating means disposed in said drilling apparatus and responsive to the location of said movable slide member for actuating said movable support means at said desired location, whereby said drill means is moved perpendicular to said workpiece and caused to enter said rotating workpiece.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.