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US 4,773,800 AGranted
Pull stud
AssigneeYamazaki Mazak Corporation
InventorsRyoichi Furuhashi, Shinsuke Nagase
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Abstract
A pull stud detachably attached to a tool holder includes a tool data storing element for storing tool data. The arrangement being such that tool data of each tool can be stored in the tool data storing element within the pull stud attached to the tool holder holding the tool.
Claims5
An apparatus which allows a tool to be removed from a tool magazine and which stores tool data for access by an external read-write device comprising:
- a pull stud having a hole at a center portion thereof which extends from a first end thereof to second end thereof and is detachably mounted at said first end thereof to said holder;
- and means disposed within said hole for storing tool data said tool data storing means including:
- memory means for storing said data, and
- input-output means for writing data and reading data from said memory means.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.