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US 6,227,776 B1Granted
Machine tool
AssigneeKitamura Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiro Kitamura, Kousaku Kitamura, Shigeru Yamada
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AssigneeKitamura Machinery Co., Ltd.
InventorsAkihiro Kitamura, Kousaku Kitamura, Shigeru Yamada
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A machine tool in which a feed member is fed in a feeding direction relative to a fixed member wherein the feed member is guided by a linear linkage mechanism including a first arm linked to the fixed member at its one end so as to swivel about a first axis, a second arm having the same length as the first arm and being linked to the first arm at its one end so as to swivel about a second axis and also linked to the feed member at its other end so as to swivel about a third axis. A first gear is secured on the fixed member at the one end of the first arm and is coaxial with the first axis. A second gear is secured on the second arm at the other end thereof and is coaxial with the second axis. A chain is provided around the first and the second gears. The first gear has a diameter twice that of the second gear.
A machine tool in which a work table for accepting a workpiece to be machined is fed in a feeding direction relative to a fixed member, characterized in that the work table is guided by a linear linkage mechanism, the linear linkage mechanism comprising a first arm linked to the fixed member at its one end so as to swivel about a first axis, a second arm having the same length as the first arm, the second arm being linked to the first arm at its one end so as to swivel about a second axis and also linked to the work table at its other end so as to swivel about a third axis, a first gear secured on the fixed member at the one end of the first arm and being coaxial with the first axis, a second gear secured on the second arm at the other end thereof and being coaxial with the second axis, a chain wound between the first and the second gears, the first gear having a diameter twice that of the second gear.
A machine tool in which a spindle head having a spindle for receiving a tool is fed in a feeding direction relative to a fixed member, characterized in that the spindle head is guided by a linear linkage mechanism, the linear linkage mechanism comprising a first arm linked to the fixed member at its one end so as to swivel about a first axis, a second arm having the same length as the first arm, the second arm being linked to the first arm at its one end so as to swivel about a second axis and also linked to the spindle head at its other end so as to swivel about a third axis, a first pulley secured on the fixed member at the one end of the first arm and being coaxial with the first axis, a second pulley secured on the second arm at the other end thereof and being coaxial with the second axis, a belt wound between the first and the second pulleys, the first having a diameter twice that of the second pulley.
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