# US 5,343,604 A · Combined working machine

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- Number: US 5,343,604 A
- Document ID: US5343604A
- Status: Granted
- Kind: A
- Application number: 08/057,702
- Filed: 1993-05-04
- Granted: 1994-09-06
- Earliest claimed: 1992-05-13
- Assignees: Okuma Corporation
- Inventors: Nobuyuki Takagi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US5343604A

## CPC

- B23Q 39/00: Metal-working machines incorporating a plurality of sub-assemblies, each capable of performing a metal-working operation (B23Q33/00, B23P23/00 take precedence)
- B23B 3/30: Turning-machines with two or more working-spindles, e.g. in fixed arrangement
- Y10T 29/5114: Lathe and tool
- Y10T 82/2508: with tool turret
- Y10T 82/2524: Multiple
- Y10T 82/2543: Multiple tool support
- B23Q: DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT
- B23B: TURNING; BORING (arrangements for copying or controlling B23Q)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

In a combined working machine, a positional relationship between a machining position of a workpiece and a tool can be determined to an optional value by a combination of a slide amount of a carriage along a slant surface, a slide amount of a tool post along another slant surface, a pivot amount of a turret, and a rotational amount of a chuck of a headstock. That is, the tool of the tool post can be brought into contact with the workpiece from a slant direction, and a combined working including cutting by a cutting tool and drilling in a slant direction by a drill can be performed. Further, the tool of the tool post can be moved to the desired machining position of the workpiece from the slant direction, and thus the moving amount of the tool post in a vertical direction can be reduced to lower a height of a machine tool and to give stabilization thereto.

## Claims

### Claim 1

In a combined working machine for machining a workpiece held by a chuck rotatably and detachably mounted on a headstock by bringing a tool into contact with the workpiece, the improvement comprising a mechanism for bringing the tool into contact with the workpiece, said mechanism comprising:
(1) a bed having an upper surface, with the headstock being disposed at the upper surface of the bed and having a first slant surface having an upward slope directed to the workpiece held by the chuck;
(2) a first guide rail provided on the first slant surface, extending in a direction of a rotational axis of the workpiece;
(3) a saddle guided by and slidably mounted on the first guide rail to move in the direction of the rotational axis of the workpiece, the saddle having a second guide rail extending in a slope direction of the first slant surface of the bed;
(4) first drive means for sliding the saddle along the first guide rail;
(5) a carriage guided by the second guide rail to slide in the slope direction of the first slant surface, the carriage having a second slant surface having a downward slope directed to the workpiece;
(6) a third guide rail provided on the second slant surface, extending in a slope direction of the second slant surface;
(7) second drive means for sliding the carriage along the second guide rail:
(8) a tool post for holding the tool, guided by the third guide rail to slide in the slope direction of the second slant surface so as to bring the tool into contact with the workpiece held by the chuck at an appropriate position;
(9) third drive means for sliding the tool post along the third guide rail; and
(10) a turret for holding a plurality of tools, which is pivotally mounted on the tool post so as to index the tools to predetermined positions.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The combined working machine of claim 1, wherein the turret holds at least a rotary tool and a fixed tool.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The combined working machine of claim 1, wherein the headstock includes two chucks arranged in parallel in a vertical direction.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The combined working machine of claim 2, wherein the headstock includes two chucks arranged in parallel in a vertical direction.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The combined working machine of claim 1, wherein two mechanisms for bringing the tool into contact with the workpiece are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the rotational axis of the workpiece.

### Claim 6 (depends on 2)

The combined working machine of claim 2, wherein two mechanisms for bringing the tool into contact with the workpiece are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the rotational axis of the workpiece.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The combined working machine of claim 3, wherein two mechanisms for bringing the tool into contact with the workpiece are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the rotational axis of the workpiece.

### Claim 8 (depends on 4)

The combined working machine of claim 4, wherein two mechanisms for bringing the tool into contact with the workpiece are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the rotational axis of the workpiece.