Auxiliary table for use with a machine tool
AssigneeDeere & Company
InventorsLarry E. Wright, Paul E. Hartley
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Abstract
An auxiliary table is provided for use in combination with a machine tool having a horizontal table and a spindle mounted for moving vertically relative to the table. The auxiliary table includes a circular table top rotatably mounted to the top of a support pedestal. A plurality of fixtures and/or jigs are mounted to the table top in an outer, annular area thereof and the auxiliary table is placed such that by rotation of the top the fixtures may be selectively positioned below the machine tool spindle for holding a part for being operated on by a tool carried by the spindle. Tools are stored beside the fixtures and/or jigs.
Claims5
In combination with a machine tool having a vertically shiftable spindle and a horizontal table located beneath said spindle, an auxiliary table comprising:
- a table top support;
- a horizontal table top;
- low friction means mounting the table top to the support for horizontal movement along a path extending beneath said spindle and above and very close to the table of the machine tool with an elongate area of said table top being positioned for movement along said path;
- a clamp means mounted to the table of the machine tool at a location adjacent said path for releasably clamping said table top downwardly against the machine tool table at any one of a plurality of preselected positions, the machine tool table thereby providing additional support for the table top;
- and a plurality of fixtures mounted to the table top in said elongate area and respectively being associated with said plurality of preselected positions such that when the table top is in one of the preselected positions the associated fixture will be positioned for holding a part correctly for being worked on by a tool carried by the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.