Magazine for tools and/or workpiece with removing device
AssigneeHirschmann GmbH
InventorManfred Schneider
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Abstract
The tool or workpiece magazine has tool holders disposed on a circle, from which holders the tools or workpieces can be removed by means of a removing device disposed centrally relative to the circular arc. This removing device comprises a column which is turnable around the axis thereof and on which a carriage is axially and slidably mounted. The carriage in turn carries transversely extendable telescoping arms, at the free end of which there is disposed a gripper having gripping jaws. Slots in tool carriers attached horizontally on movable panels are used as tool or workpiece holders. The panels can be moved outward of the magazine for stocking purposes.
Claims17
Apparatus for supporting tools and/or workpieces in hanging and/or standing position and for removing and depositing of the tools and/or workpieces, comprising:
- a vertical turning post,
- a carriage with a horizontally extendable telescoping arm mounted on said turning post for movement thereon,
- said arm having a free end, and a gripper at said free end,
- programmably controlled drives for the turning post, the carriage, and the telescoping arm,
- a magazine extending at least partially about said turning post, said magazine comprising plural panels, each having a face having tool and/or workpiece holders thereon, and
- means for movably mounting at least one of said panels for movement between a first position in which said panel face is towards and relatively close to said turning post and in which tools and/or workpieces on said holders are engageable by said gripper, and a second position in which said face is relatively remote from said turning post and said holders are accessible from the outside of said magazine for the placing thereon or removal therefrom of tools and/or workpieces,
- said magazine having at least one window through which the telescoping arm may be extended.
Apparatus for supporting tools and/or workpieces in hanging and/or standing position and for removing and depositing of the tools and/or workpieces, comprising:
- a vertical turning post,
- a carriage with a horizontally extendable telescoping arm mounted on said turning post for movement thereon,
- said arm having a free end, and a gripper at said free end,
- programmably controlled drives for the turning post, the carriage, and the telescoping arm,
- a magazine adjacent said turning post, said magazine comprising at least one polygonal body having plural faces thereon, each said face having tool and/or workpiece holders thereon, and
- means for pivotably supporting said polygonal body for movement about a vertical axis for movement of each said face between a first position in which a said face is towards and relatively close to said turning post and in which tools and/or workpieces on said holders are engageable by said gripper, and a second position in which said face is relatively remote from said turning post and said holders are accessible from the outside of said magazine for the placing thereon or removal therefrom of tools and/or workpieces,
- said magazine having at least one window through which the telescoping arm may be extended.
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