Abstract: A bar guiding device in a feeder for feeding a machine tool, composed of two elements that have respective slots and can move with respect to each other between an open position, which allows insertion of a bar between them, and a mutually adjacent position, at which the slots form a longitudinal channel for advancement of a bar to be fed to the machine tool by way of a bar pusher connected to an actuation chain that is external to the channel by means of a bridge that is guided through regions where the elements mate, the regions being in mutual contact, so as to close the channel, and undergoing elastic deformation in order to allow passage of the bridge between them.

Abstract: A bar feeder for feeding a machine tool, comprising at least one guide that forms a channel along which the bar to be fed is made to advance by way of a bar pusher connected, through a bridge, to a carriage that is guided parallel to the channel and is actuated by a linear electric motor.

Abstract: A bar guiding device in a feeder for feeding a machine tool, composed of two elements that have respective slots and can move with respect to each other between an open position, which allows insertion of a bar between them, and a mutually adjacent position, at which the slots form a longitudinal channel for advancement of a bar to be fed to the machine tool by way of a bar pusher connected to an actuation chain that is external to the channel by means of a bridge that is guided through regions where the elements mate, the regions being in mutual contact, so as to close the channel, and undergoing elastic deformation in order to allow passage of the bridge between them.

Abstract: A device for transferring bars from a magazine into the guiding channel of a feeder for feeding a machine tool, the magazine comprising an inclined surface for supporting the bars having a side for unloading bars into the channel, adjusters for adjusting inclination of the supporting surface, elements for retaining bars on the surface, and bar pickers which are actuated to disengage the lowermost bar from the retention elements and move it to a level for falling into the channel, and actuators for simultaneously actuating the adjusters and the retention elements for inclination and position adjustments suitable to accommodate variations in the diameter of the bars to be transferred.

Abstract: A bar feeder for feeding a machine tool, particularly for feeding with bars a single-spindle automatic lathe, comprising a horizontal supporting beam for a plurality of free rollers, which lie on a horizontal plane and form a substantially V-shaped channel for the longitudinal support of a bar, said beam being movable vertically parallel to itself, adjustment means being provided for vertically adjusting said beam in order to align said bar with the axis of said lathe.

Abstract: A hydraulic coupling for feeding hydraulic actuators, particularly for distributing pressurized oil to a plurality of hydraulic motors mounted on a rotating structure such as a drum feeder for feeding bars to an automatic multispindle lathe; the motors are angularly distributed around the rotation axis of the structure, and the coupling comprises a plurality of ducts which branch out axially from the structure and are angularly distributed with respect to the rotation axis; the ducts are connected to the delivery and the return of the motors at one end and, at the opposite end, by means of respective flexible hoses, to a stationary distributor for connecting the motors to a source of pressurized oil and to the oil discharge; the flexible hoses are arranged in a spiral around the rotation axis and have a length which allows the rotation of the structure with respect to the distributor through a preset angle; the distributor comprises valves for controlling the flexible hoses which are actuated so as to connect

Abstract: A device for guiding a bar at the outlet of a lathe feeder, particularly of an automatic lathe, comprising: a tubular body, which is fixed to the outlet of the feeder coaxially to the rotation axis of the bar; and a plurality of circular annular elements, which are mutually adjacent and lie on planes which are perpendicular to the bar rotation axis and are articulated inside the tubular body about axes which are angularly distributed around the axis and so that the center of the elements can oscillate along a circular path which passes through the axis; the elements have respective arms which protrude outside the tubular body through slots of the body and are articulately coupled to a sleeve which is supported so that it can rotate on the tubular body; the sleeve is controlled by an actuation which turns it in both directions, so as to produce an oscillation of the elements in a position which forms a passage for the bar which is delimited by portions of the circular annular elements.

Abstract: A device for transferring a bar from an inclined supporting surface into the guiding channel of a bar feeder, comprising multiple elements which are articulated below the supporting surface, each element being composed of a bar abutment and follower lever, which is actuated so as to oscillate between a position in which it abuts against the bar arriving from the chute and a position for depositing the bar in the guiding channel, and of a bar supporting lever, which is operatively associated with the abutment lever and forms, together with the lever, a slot for receiving the bar which arrives from the supporting surface; the supporting lever is operatively associated with the abutment lever so that it oscillates in a manner in which it surpasses the abutment lever during rotation from the bar receiving position to the position for depositing the bar in the guiding channel.

Abstract: A device for the advancement of bars, particularly narrow bars, in automatic loaders provided with a inclined supporting plane or with another loading system for a plurality of bars and with a mechanism for the individual release of the bars, comprising: guides, whereon supporting elements for a bar released from the plane and a carriage provided with grip elements for a bar can slide, the carriage being actuated between an initial position, where the grip elements are actuated so as to grip a bar deposited on the supporting elements, and a final position, where the bar is released by the grip elements and is secured in the spindle of an automatic lathe; a pusher which is supported so as to move parallel to itself; and actuators for actuating the pusher after the carriage between an offset position and a position wherein it is aligned with the bar deposited on the supporting elements when the carriage is in the final position.