Lock Means For Tool Or Work Turrets Patents (Class 29/48.5A)
  • Patent number: 8549720
    Abstract: A tool revolver unit for a machine tool for machining workpieces has a housing (1) and a tool drive rotatable relative to the housing about an axis (3), has a rotary drive (13, 15) for a rotational motion of the tool disk, and has another rotary drive (19, 23). The other rotary drive (19, 23) is a servomotor for controlling a locking device (5, 31, 37) enabling a releasable rotary lock between the housing (3) and the tool disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sauter Feinmechanik GmbH
    Inventor: Detlef Sahm