Patents by Inventor Rainer Schmolz

Rainer Schmolz has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Tool exchange arrangement for a multi-spindle machine tool
    Patent number: 4669174
    Abstract: In order to permit problem free removal and loading in a tool exchange arrangement for a machine tool arranged on a lateral or console unit of a transfer machine even if the lateral or console units are arranged next to one another at the smallest possible spacing according to the DIN norm, a tool carrier is movable from its loading position into the region of a service area above the machine tool or the transfer machine into the exchange position in front of the processing spindles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 2, 1987
    Assignee: Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Fischer, Rainer Schmolz, Eugen Wurstner