Including Pivotally Mounted Tool-carrier Patents (Class 408/236)
  • Patent number: 10189094
    Abstract: Disclosed is a multifunctional adjustable drilling machine. Supporting leg seats are connected with a frame, the frame is connected with a bottom plate, the bottom plate is connected with driller supports, the bottom plate is provided with holes and positioning pins matched with the driller supports, the angles of driller support index plates can be adjusted, drillers machine holes in an automobile die casting at different angles, and a compression cylinder bracket and a compression cylinder support are connected to the bottom plate. A compression plate is connected to a piston rod of a compression cylinder, the compression cylinder is arranged on the compression cylinder support, and motors drive belt pulleys and conveying belts to rotate so as to drive main shafts of the drillers to rotate. The automobile die casting is positioned by a clamp body, and the compression plate clamps the automobile die casting via the compression cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jinling Yang, Li Yang, Naizheng Hu, Jiansheng Wang
  • Patent number: 9539654
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine comprising a first machining module (1) configured to simultaneously machine at least two crankshafts, a second machining module (2) configured to simultaneously machine at least two crankshafts, and a support structure (3) with at least four crankshaft fixing positions (31, 32, 33, 34) for the machining of such crankshafts. The support structure (3) is located between the machining modules. The fixing positions (31, 32, 33, 34) are arranged in two columns (35, 36) of fixing positions, each of which comprises at least two of the fixing positions (31, 32; 33, 34) located at a different height, and the support structure (3) is rotatably arranged, such that it can perform a rotation of at least 180 degrees.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: ETXE-TAR, S.A.
    Inventors: Jorge Ibarra Garcés, Ibon Iribarren Aristizabal
  • Patent number: 9517512
    Abstract: An ultrasonic positioning device for a five-axis machine includes an ultrasonic device and a positioning plate. The ultrasonic device is adapted to fix a material and generates ultrasonic vibrations to the material. The positioning plate is adapted to fix the ultrasonic device and pivotally connected the five-axis machine for the material to be controlled by the five-axis movement on the five-axis machine. By cooperating with the ultrasonic vibrations, a processing portion of the five-axis machine can process the material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2016
    Assignee: CHUAN LIANG INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jung-Chun Wu
  • Patent number: 9272339
    Abstract: According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a variable machine tool capable of multi-axis machining includes: a base frame; a first rotating frame rotating on the base frame and comprising a first sliding member sliding along a circumference while being contact-supported through an interior diameter; a second rotating frame cross-disposed inside the first rotating frame to rotate in a direction crossing the first rotating frame, and comprising a second sliding member sliding along a circumference while being contact-supported through an interior diameter; and a spindle of which position and posture displacement is adjusted when the first sliding member and the second sliding member slide by interworking with rotation of the first rotating frame and the second rotating frame, the spindle being installed while passing through the first sliding member and the second sliding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF MACHINERY & MATERIALS
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Sung Cheul Lee, Seung Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim
  • Patent number: 9009946
    Abstract: A machining apparatus for grinding, milling, polishing or the like of a dental workpiece. The machining apparatus contains a machining tool, a housing to which the machining tool is mounted rotatably about an axis of rotation relative to the housing, and a holding device to which the housing is fixed. The housing is mounted yieldingly movably to the holding device in dependence on forces exerted on the machining tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventor: Heinrich Steger
  • Patent number: 8915680
    Abstract: A hand-held tool protection device includes a handle sized and configured to be grasped by an operator. A neck portion extends outwardly from the handle in a direction of a elongated axis of the handle. A swivel assembly is connected to the neck portion. The swivel assembly includes a body having a top, a bottom and a sidewall. The body is connected to the neck portion at the sidewall of the body. An opening extends through the body and intersects the top and the bottom of the body. A pivotable rod member is slidably and pivotably received in the opening extending through the body to provide a pivot axis. A tool element holding assembly is connected to the pivotable rod member such that the tool element holding assembly pivots therewith about the pivot axis. The tool element holding assembly includes a support assembly configured for receiving a tool such that the tool may be rotated about a tool rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Wayne Divine, Bryan E. Berryhill
  • Patent number: 8899890
    Abstract: Disclosed is a 3D reconfigurable machining system including a support frame spaced apart from the ground, a circular pivoting frame pivotably installed at the support frame, a slide member slidably installed on the circumferential portion of the pivoting frame, and a main spindle installed vertically at the slide member and being rotatable along the pivoting frame, so that a workpiece can be three-dimensionally machined with a considerably simple structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Jong-Kweon Park, Seung-Kook Ro, Byung-Sub Kim, Gyung-Ho Khim, Sung-Cheul Lee, Hyeon-Hwa Lee, Byung-In Kim
  • Patent number: 8262326
    Abstract: The subject-matter of the invention is a machining unit for a milling and drilling machine, comprising a spindle housing (1) which is supported on a machine part and can be moved in a longitudinal direction, a milling head (5) mounted on the face end of the spindle housing (1), a work spindle (6) supported in the milling head (5) and comprising an electric drive motor, and an energy and working stock supply to the milling head (5) formed of bunched lines and cables. The bunched lines and cables for the energy and working stock supply are disposed inside the spindle housing (1) in the shape of a string (25) and introduced into the milling head (5) via a rotary transmission leadthrough (8) on the face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2012
    Assignee: Deckel Maho Pfronten GmbH
    Inventors: Karl Lechleiter, Hans Gronbach, Alfred Geissler
  • Patent number: 8152423
    Abstract: A 3-dimensional (3D) variable-axis machine is disclosed, which includes a frame spaced from a base to be disposed at an upper surface of a workpiece, a pair of forward and backward pivoting frames having an arch shape connected to the frame, a pair of leftward and rightward pivoting frames having an arch shape and a relatively less height than the forward and backward pivoting frames to be connected across the forward and backward pivoting frames, and a spindle vertically inserted in an intersectional portion between the forward and backward and the leftward and rightward pivoting frames to be pivoted corresponding to movements of the both pivoting frames. The spindle is connected to a sliding member, and the sliding member is connected to a lower surface of the forward and backward pivoting frames and an upper surface of the leftward and rightward pivoting frames in a sliding manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials
    Inventors: Jong Kweon Park, Hyung Wook Park, Hung Sun Son, Yeong Sang Jeong
  • Patent number: 7975355
    Abstract: A device includes pivoting elements enabling the drilling axis (A6) of the drilling tool (35) to be pivoted (PIV) about the axis of orientation, and elements for adjusting the angular position of the drilling tool (35) about the axis of orientation. It also includes first mobility members enabling relative mobility of the drilling tool (35) in relation to the lens to be drilled (L), or vice-versa, according to a first degree of mobility (ESC) which is distinct from the pivoting of the drilling axis of the drilling tool (35) about the axis of orientation. The elements for adjustment are configured so as to control the pivoting of the drilling axis (A6) of the drilling tool (35) about the axis of orientation, in favor of the first degree of relative mobility of the drilling tool (35) in relation to the lens (L) that is to be drilled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Essilor International (Compagnie d'Optique)
    Inventors: Michel Nauche, Jean-Michel Bargot
  • Patent number: 7954681
    Abstract: A new and improved nailing bridge system which comprises a single nailing gun which is mounted for movement along a stud frame locus or a seam locus, defined by means of abutting sheets of wall sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, wherein the single nailing gun can be moved to any one of effectively an infinite number of positions so as to permit nails to be driven into the covering, sheathing, paneling, or the like, in order to fixedly secure the sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, to underlying stud frame members of a wall structure or wall panel member. Stitcher guns are also mounted upon a separate support beam so as to fixedly secure the sheathing, covering, paneling, or the like, to the upper and lower plate, header, or footer members of the wall structure or wall panel member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Illinois Tool Works Inc.
    Inventors: Aubrey Smith, Stephen Fleming, Robert Tucker, Douglas Dodd
  • Patent number: 7954216
    Abstract: The invention relates to a multifunctional unit for machining workpieces preferably consisting at least partially of wood, wood materials, plastics or the like, with a plurality of vertical drill spindles, a plurality of horizontal drill spindles, and at least one fixed saw comprising at least one saw blade with a horizontal axis of rotation. The multifunctional unit according to the invention is characterised in that it is mounted and driven by a mounting means in such a way that it may be rotated about at least one vertical axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2011
    Assignee: Homag Holzbearbeitungssysteme AG
    Inventors: Gotthilf Sturm, Achim Gauss
  • Patent number: 7938603
    Abstract: A support shaft of a spindle unit having a through hole in which wires are laid has a structure that can obtain much spatial room so as to prevent a break in cables and to be compatible with a high-output spindle motor. A machine-tool spindle head 1 includes a support head 6 that drives a spindle unit 4 for indexing around a turn axis (A-axis) of the spindle unit 4 by rotatably supporting a pair of support shafts 9 coupled to the spindle unit 4 on the A-axis by a pair of fork arms 7 and bearings 13. The pair of support shafts 9 have through holes 12 in which a plurality of wires 22 extending from the spindle unit 4 are laid, the plurality of wires 22 are divided into two wire groups, and the wire groups are separately laid in the pair of support shafts 9.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2011
    Assignee: Tsudakoma Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yoshinori Tatsuda, Yoichi Nishita
  • Patent number: 7862265
    Abstract: An off-set drill guide assembly useable with a conventional drill press or bench vice and portable power tool to drill holes in a workpiece has a body chucked to the drill press supporting a horizontal slide connected to the power tool with an adapter to locate the power tool off-set from the drill press beyond the normal range of the drill press. The body and power tool are moved downward to drill holes in a workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Inventor: Bruce A. Clark
  • Patent number: 7832496
    Abstract: A deep-hole boring machine (100) includes a base (11) to be fitted to an upper face of a floor, a pillar (14), a fixing mechanism (40), a guide member (15), a rotary tool (17), a tool rotation driving section (16), a rising/descending mechanism (50), a guide base (60) and a tool guide mechanism (30). The deep-hole boring machine 100 can be used to bore a vertical hole or an inclined hole in a concrete in a construction site.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: Goei Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tomomi Nakayabu
  • Patent number: 7771144
    Abstract: A universal jig/work holding fixture for precision manual reaming of valve bores within a transmission valve body or other work piece. The universal jig/work holding fixture includes a tool holder (i.e. jig) having universal swiveling movement in all axes, which allows precise axial alignment of a reaming tool to the longitudinal axis of a valve bore. The universal jig is contained within a work holding fixture whereon the valve body or other work piece is clamped during the reaming operation. The work holding fixture is constructed to accommodate vertical and lateral adjustment of the tool holder relative to the work holding fixture to permit precise alignment of the reaming tool and provides mechanisms to lock the tool holder and work piece in a desired position. In an alternative embodiment the jig/work holding fixture is configured to be attached directly to a transmission case to repair servo pin bores located therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2010
    Assignee: Sonnax Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Nader, Donald G. Parrott
  • Patent number: 7721410
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool (1) comprising a machine tower (2) which can be displaced in a linear manner along a straight track (13), a tool head (4) which is arranged on the machine tower (2) and a tool (5) which is used to process work pieces. A first mounting device (25) is arranged on a first side of the straight track (13) and a second mounting device (26) is arranged on the other side of the straight track (13) which is opposite the first side. The tool head (4) can be positioned in such a manner that it can selectively process a first work piece in the first mounting device (25) or a second work piece in the second mounting device (26). Initially, the first work piece is mounted in the first mounting device for processing, and the tool head is positioned in such a manner that the first work piece can be processed. During processing, the second work piece is mounted in the second mounting device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: Gudel Group AG
    Inventors: Hans Ulrich Kurt, Rudolf Heid, Herbert Wirz
  • Publication number: 20090320820
    Abstract: A gemstone drill is of the drill press type which includes a motor suspended and slidably affixed between upstanding vertical telescoping rods. A drill bit is affixed to a spindle which is a direct extension of the motor shaft which is in parallel alignment with the rods. A body of the motor includes a cylindrical spindle housing extending downwardly from the bottom of the motor body adjacent the drill bit. The rods are extensible from tower sleeves mounted directly to a base which has a top support surface enclosed by a transparent containment cover. The door is moveable between open and closed positions to gain access to a clamping mechanism releasably attached to the support surface that holds the stone to be drilled. The containment cover, when closed, includes a circular aperture at the top which closely receives the spindle housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: John J. Sinisi
  • Patent number: 7588397
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for performing multiple machining operations on a workpiece such as a crankshaft. Oil holes may be drilled in a crankshaft by a tool shifted along a curved path between successive, acute angle tool plunging locations. The tool's carrier is shifted parallel to the crankshaft axis and the tool carrier is rotated to the desired acute angle about a point on the crankshaft axis for each of successive oil hole drilling locations thereby reducing programming needed to drill the oil holes at the specified angles. Offset tolerance errors are reduced by a large factor as the tool is plunged from an outer initial position toward the crankshaft axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2009
    Assignee: Ingersoll CM Systems LLC
    Inventors: Bramwell W. Bone, Paul Haddad, Ned Arnold
  • Publication number: 20080181733
    Abstract: A burrless, flexible track drilling system employing a counterweight tool balancing subsystem. The counterweight tool balancing subsystem provides essentially a “weightless” feel to a machining subassembly of the system that carries a drill and an electromagnet. This enables an operator to move the machining subassembly vertically with only a very minimal degree of effort being required. The machining subassembly also includes a plurality of lifting subassemblies that aid the user in lifting and lowering the electromagnet away from and toward a pair of panels on which a drilling operation is being performed. This also significantly reduces operator fatigue and contributes to a highly ergonomic system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2007
    Publication date: July 31, 2008
    Inventors: Rodney S. Wright, Chris J. Erickson, John J. Jimenez
  • Patent number: 7384221
    Abstract: The invention relates to a machine tool for introducing bores into a workpiece, said machine tool comprising a machine frame, a drilling tool holder which is arranged on the machine frame and has at least one tool spindle, and a workpiece carrier which is arranged on the machine frame, the boring tool holder and the workpiece carrier being displaceable in relation to each other in a direction of displacement. A longitudinal direction of the at least one tool spindle is oriented transversally in relation to a horizontal plane, and the drilling tool holder is arranged on the machine frame in such a way that it can be pivoted in relation to the workpiece carrier, so that inclined bores can be introduced into the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2008
    Assignee: Ex-Cell-O GmbH
    Inventors: Achim Feinauer, Hans Straub, Wolfgang Bieg
  • Patent number: 7354227
    Abstract: A production line for carrying out machining and cleaning operations on rectangular frameworks, is provided. Elongate plastic frame members are welded together in a welding machine, thereby forming two rectangular frameworks located one above the other. These are moved to a framework processing machine along separate predetermined paths with the first path being located above the second path. The paths are provided by horizontally extending guide arrangements on the machine which has a power tool for carrying out machining operations, this tool being supported by a transporting mechanism capable of moving the tool both horizontally and vertically. Machining steps are carried out on the two frame works while they are held one above the other. The frameworks are moved to a weld cleaning machine along respective upper and lower paths for further processing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2008
    Assignee: Pro-Line Automation Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Vinode Ramnauth, Leon Gimelshtein
  • Patent number: 7334313
    Abstract: Numeric control bore for boring an eyeglass lens and corresponding method. The bore comprises a bedplate (1), attachment device (3) for the lens (5), rotation device (9) for the lens (5) according to a first axis (7) (first degree of freedom), and a support column (11) with a head (15), wherein the attachment device (3) and the support column (11) can be moved between each other (second degree of freedom). The support column (11) has a first end linked to the bedplate (1) being capable of rotating about a second end (third degree of freedom) and the head (15) is linked to the column (11) by translation structure (fourth degree of freedom). The apparatus only has these four degrees of freedom in order to fix the relative position between the head (15) and the lens (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2008
    Assignee: Indo Internacional, S.A.
    Inventors: Santiago Albert Seseña, Sergio Fructuoso González, Carlos Pérez Ribera
  • Patent number: 7318693
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for machining workpieces, especially for chip removing machining. The device includes a spindle which is mounted on a first end of a pivoting arm in such a way that it can be linearly displaced in a direction parallel to the rotation axis of the spindle, and a console on which the pivoting arm is mounted by its second end in such a way that it can rotate about an axis parallel to the rotation axis of the spindle. The console can be displaced in a direction which is perpendicular to the displacement direction of the spindle in all of the pivoting positions of the pivoting arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2008
    Assignee: Alfing Kessler Sondermaschinen GmbH
    Inventors: Stefan Hansch, Peter Bielitza
  • Patent number: 7255033
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for piercing a metering disc from a workpiece of a fuel injector. The metering disc includes first and second surfaces that extend substantially parallel to a base plane. The first and second surfaces are spaced along a longitudinal axis that extends orthogonal with respect to the base plane. The apparatus includes a piercing tool that extends along a tool axis, a planar coordinate positioning mechanism, and a spherical coordinate positioning mechanism. The piercing tool is adapted to penetrate the workpiece. The planar coordinate positioning mechanism displaces parallel to the longitudinal axis of the piercing tool relative to the workpiece. And the spherical coordinate positioning mechanism pivots about the tool axis relative at least one of three axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Siemens VDO Automotive Corporation
    Inventor: J. Michael Joseph
  • Patent number: 7220085
    Abstract: A universal jig/work holding fixture for precision manual reaming of valve bores within a transmission valve body, or other work piece is disclosed. The universal jig/work holding fixture includes a tool holder (i.e. jig) having universal swiveling movement in all axes, which allows precise axial alignment of a reaming tool to the longitudinal axis of a valve bore. The universal jig is contained within a work holding fixture whereon the valve body or other work piece is clamped during the reaming operation. The work holding fixture is constructed to accommodate vertical and lateral adjustment of the tool holder relative to the work holding fixture to permit precise alignment of the reaming tool and provides mechanisms to lock the tool holder and work piece in a desired position. The universal jig/work holding fixture allows a service technician in a transmission shop environment to achieve a precision repair using only manual tools.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2007
    Assignee: Sonnax Industries, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregg A. Nader, Donald G. Parrott
  • Patent number: 7188690
    Abstract: A drilling device for producing undercut holes. The drilling device includes a drilling tool having an axis of rotation and a cutting portion arranged such that the cutting portion drills a hole with a longitudinal axis that is radially offset with respect to said axis of rotation and a centering device operable to apply a lateral force to said drilling tool for moving said axis of rotation towards said longitudinal axis to cause said cutting portion to form an undercut in a said hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2007
    Inventors: Paul Geuvers, Paul Gaudron
  • Patent number: 7185412
    Abstract: A multi-axis, computerized numerically-controlled (CNC) toolhead positioning device with six degrees of freedom of movement while utilizing only five axes of movement, comprising a rotating workpiece mount assembly (28) and a rotating gantry (64) with a mounted toolhead assembly base (80). Perpendicular rotational axes about a mounted workpiece (26) provide the capability to perform specific toolhead operations on the arcuate surface of the workpiece (26), subject to the type of mounted toolhead assembly. The computer (120) uses CNC software to integrate operator instructions, machining operations, and the sequence of operations into an automatic and coherent machining package.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: Precision Spherical Corp.
    Inventors: William Arthur Penick, Robert Allen Fomey
  • Patent number: 7137763
    Abstract: A pneumatically driven deburring device having a housing and a pneumatic motor mounted therein which is adapted to receive and drive a deburring tool. A pivot bearing is mounted within the housing adjacent the pneumatic motor. A motor support is held within the pivot bearing and extends therefrom where the motor support connects to the pneumatic motor. An air inlet is disposed adjacent the pivot bearing and is communicatively connected thereto. Air for driving the pneumatic motor is directed through the air inlet, and through a hollow portion of the motor support to where air is directed into the pneumatic motor. Because the motor support is supported or contained within the pivot bearing, it follows that the motor support articulates with the pivot bearing and hence the pneumatic motor moves with the articulating motor support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2006
    Assignee: ATI Industrial Automation, Inc.
    Inventor: Douglas K. Lawson
  • Patent number: 7083368
    Abstract: A machine having X- and Y-axis linear moving axes and a pivot axis B for rotationally pivoting a pivot member having a tool arranged at a distal end thereof about an axis parallel to a Z axis is controlled. A moving command obtained by a command program commanded by a position expressed by X, Y, and Z in a three-dimensional orthogonal coordinate system is subjected to an interpolation process to calculate amounts of interpolation movement (?X, ?Y, and ?Z) of the respective orthogonal axes. An amount of rotation ?? of the pivot axis required for moving the tool by the amount of movement ?Y in the Y-axis direction is calculated. An amount of correction movement ?x for canceling the movement in the X-axis direction caused by the rotation ?? of the pivot axis B is calculated. Values (?X+?x), ??, and ?Z are outputted to the X axis, the pivot axis B, and the Z axis, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2006
    Assignee: Fanuc LTD
    Inventors: Tomomi Nakazato, Hitoshi Matsuura
  • Patent number: 7070366
    Abstract: A drill stand for a core drilling machine (1) for driving an annular core bit (2) rotatable about a rotational axis (A) has a base plate formed of a post plate (3) and a vacuum plate (6) securable with each other with a possibility of displacement relative to each other in a plane (E) separating the post and vacuum plates (3,6), at least one post (5), an attachment element (4) for securing the post (5) on the post plate (3); and a vacuum planar attachment element (7) for mounting the base plate on a surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Reichenberger, Rudolf Reitberger, Stefan Hammerstingl
  • Patent number: 7025541
    Abstract: A drilling device for frameless glasses with a drill head (34), which can be moved up and down. The drill head (34) can be inclined to either side and a holding device (50, 56, 58) is provided for the two lenses of a pair of glasses, in which holding device (50, 56, 58) the opposite edge regions of the lenses are accessible to the drill bit of the dual head (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Inventor: Reinhard Wehmeier
  • Patent number: 6951440
    Abstract: A double rotatable spindle head of non-perpendicular axis type has a first half head and a second half head. The first half head is connected to the machine structure and rotates about a first axis. The second half head is coupled to the first half head on a flat surface and rotates about a second axis perpendicular to the flat surface. The rotation of the first and second half heads is achieved by a first and second direct motor, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2005
    Assignee: FPT Industrie S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gabriele Piccolo
  • Patent number: 6944923
    Abstract: A machining unit for a program-controlled milling and drilling machine. A head support movable in several coordinate axes has an axis of rotation pointing forward and downward at a 45° angle. A swivel head arranged on a front side of the head support is rotatable about the axis of rotation. A spindle nose is fixedly mounted on the swivel head and has a working spindle with an axis extending at an angle of 45° relative to the axis of rotation. A spindle motor is aligned coaxially with the axis of rotation and a bevel gear arranged in the swivel head for the motor shaft. The swivel head has a cylindrical hollow housing member coaxial with the axis of rotation and in which the spindle motor is mounted. The head support has a housing neck in which the housing member of the swivel head is rotatably supported.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2005
    Assignee: Deckel Maho Pfronten GmbH
    Inventors: Alfred Geissler, Robert Jung
  • Patent number: 6932547
    Abstract: A toolhead assembly for a CNC machine displaceable along orthogonal x, y and z-axes generally consisting of a support assembly, a tool carrier supported on the support assembly having a rotatable tool axis and being displaceable relative to the support assembly between a first position wherein the tool axis is aligned with the z-axis and a second position wherein the tool axis is misaligned with the z-axis, structure for yieldably biasing the tool carrier assembly into the first position and structure responsive to a displacement of the tool carrier assembly to the second position for breaking an electrical grounding circuit of a controller operatively connected to the machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2005
    Assignee: Thermwood Corporation
    Inventors: Michael P. Hardesty, David Stutsman
  • Patent number: 6908265
    Abstract: In a method of machining a first and a second surface recess in a workpiece, the workpiece has a longitudinal axis and a first local Cartesian coordinate system. The machine tool has a longitudinal axis and a second local Cartesian coordinate system, the first and second surface recess are associated with a first and second recess longitudinal axis and a non-circular cross-section. The recesses are separated on the surface of the workpiece such that they are mirror images of each other about a plane along the longitudinal workpiece axis. A skew angle is defined between the first recess longitudinal axis and the workpiece axis in the first plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2005
    Assignee: Werkxeugmaschinenfabrik Zerbst GmbH
    Inventor: Jürgen Walz
  • Patent number: 6880595
    Abstract: A radial overarm router includes a machine base with a work surface, a vertical column, a bearing housing, a slide assembly, and a carriage subassembly. The bearing housing is mounted to, and may rotate about, the vertical column. The slide assembly mounts to the bearing housing and in combination with the bearing housing, the slide assembly has transnational and rotational motion relative to the column. The slide assembly includes a carriage subassembly that houses a router. The carriage subassembly is configured to allow pivotal and vertical or plunge type motion of the router. The carriage subassembly further provides for transverse movement of the router. Locking knobs and adjustable limit stops are provided for all directions of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2005
    Inventor: Bart A. Nuss
  • Patent number: 6877936
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for producing conical holes in a workpiece by using a substantially cylindrical cutting tool having a cutting head diameter essentially smaller than the top and bottom diameter of the hole to be formed. The method comprises the steps of positioning the longitudinal center axis of the cutting tool at an angle, which is offset from a normal to a flat surface of the workpiece such that the inclination of the longitudinal axis of the cutting tool substantially corresponds to the desired inclination of the wall of the conical hole to be formed, rotating the cutting tool about its longitudinal center axis, moving the cutting tool in a circular path about a principal axis corresponding to the longitudinal center axis of the hole to be machined, and feeding the cutting tool in its longitudinal direction towards and into the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2005
    Assignee: Novator AB
    Inventors: Dag G. Linderholm, Bjorn Pettersson
  • Patent number: 6855099
    Abstract: A production system for manufacturing a workpiece comprises an index system including a plurality of index devices removably mounted on the workpiece at known longitudinally spaced locations therealong, and a longitudinally extending index member releasably engaged with at least two of the index devices such that a position and orientation of the index member are fixed relative to the workpiece by the index devices, the index member having position-indicating features distributed therealong. The production system further comprises a machine module mounted for longitudinal movement along the index member and operable to perform an operation, the machine module being operable to detect the position-indicating features on the index member and thereby determine a position of the machine module relative to the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Laurance N. Hazlehurst, Bobby C. Philpott, Jr., James N. Buttrick, Darrell D. Jones, Kostadinos D. Papanikolaou, David P. Banks, Terrence J. Rowe, Ronald Outous, Charles H. Glaisyer, Harry E. Townsend, Mark Boberg, Paul Elfes Nelson, John R. Porter
  • Patent number: 6836941
    Abstract: A machine tool for machining rod-shaped workpieces comprises a traveling column, to which a tool spindle rotatable about a spindle axis is fastened. The tool spindle is capable of swiveling about a swivel axis. The swivel axis is arranged perpendicularly to both the spindle axis and a longitudinal axis of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2005
    Assignee: Chiron-Werke GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Prust, Rudolf Haninger
  • Publication number: 20040134050
    Abstract: A machining unit for a program-controlled milling and drilling machine. A head support movable in several coordinate axes has an axis of rotation pointing forward and downward at a 45° angle. A swivel head arranged on a front side of the head support is rotatable about the axis of rotation. A spindle nose is fixedly mounted on the swivel head and has a working spindle with an axis extending at an angle of 45° relative to the axis of rotation. A spindle motor is aligned coaxially with the axis of rotation and a bevel gear arranged in the swivel head for the motor shaft. The swivel head has a cylindrical hollow housing member coaxial with the axis of rotation and in which the spindle motor is mounted. The head support has a housing neck in which the housing member of the swivel head is rotatably supported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Inventor: Alfred Geissler
  • Patent number: 6712565
    Abstract: A drilling device for frameless glasses with a drill head (34), which can be moved up and down. The drill head (34) can be inclined to either side and a holding device (50, 56, 58) is provided for the two lenses of a pair of glasses, in which holding device (50, 56, 58) the opposite edge regions of the lenses are accessible to the drill bit of the dual head (34).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2004
    Inventor: Reinhard Wehmeier
  • Patent number: 6612790
    Abstract: The present invention is a retrofit apparatus for attachment to vertical milling machines. The invention generally comprises a main scale, a digital indicator, a mounting cover having a centrally located aperture for receiving the indicator and allowing vertical movement thereof, a plurality of hat clips and screws to attach the scale and indicator to the mounting cover, a rear mounting plate, a quill stop bar, a quill mount, and a rod. In operation, as the quill device of a milling machine is moved, the indicator slides up and down within the aperture and the indicator effectively and precisely measures the vertical displacement thereof. In an alterative embodiment of the invention, the retrofit apparatus comprises an aperture in the mounting cover wherein the aperture is substantially the same size as the indicator, and in operation only the scale moves while the indicator measures the vertical displacement of the quill.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Inventor: Paul J. Story, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6592308
    Abstract: A guide for a machine tool including a vertical upper column (1) adapted for stable positioning at a work station and an elongate horizontally orientated arm (2) extending outwardly from and pivotally attached to the upper column at a pivot is disclosed wherein the pivot is provided by two vertically spaced apart pivot points (3) so as to allow the arm free radial movement in a horizontal plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Inventor: Leslie John Owen
  • Patent number: 6539992
    Abstract: A radial overarm router is disclosed. The radial overarm router includes a machine base with a work surface, a vertical column, a bearing housing, a slide assembly, and a carriage subassembly. The bearing housing is mounted to, and may rotate about, the vertical column. The slide assembly mounts to the bearing housing and in combination with the bearing housing, the slide assembly has translational and rotational motion relative to the column. The slide assembly includes a carriage subassembly that houses a router. The carriage subassembly is configured to allow pivotal and vertical or plunge type motion of the router. The carriage subassembly further provides for transverse movement of the router. Locking knobs and adjustable limit stops are provided for all directions of movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2003
    Inventor: Bart Andrew Nuss
  • Patent number: 6503033
    Abstract: Disclosed is a parallel mechanism structure for controlling three-dimensional position and orientation. In the parallel mechanism structure according to the present invention, three links are connected to the main spindle of the mechanism and driven in vertical and horizontal direction, with a consecution that the main spindle connected to the three links achieves the six d.o.f motions. The structure includes three links comprised of a first link transferred along a circular vertical guide and second and third links transferred along corresponding rectilinear vertical guides and a circular horizontal guide on which the circular vertical guide and the two rectilinear vertical guides are horizontally transferred.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Inventors: Jongwon Kim, Chongwoo Park, Jae Chul Hwang, Jin-Sung Kim, Young-Oh Han
  • Publication number: 20020122705
    Abstract: A drilling device for frameless glasses with a drill head (34), which can be moved up and down. The drill head (34) can be inclined to either side and a holding device (50, 56, 58) is provided for the two lenses of a pair of glasses, in which holding device (50, 56, 58) the opposite edge regions of the lenses are accessible to the drill bit of the dual head (34).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2001
    Publication date: September 5, 2002
    Inventor: Reinhard Wehmeier
  • Patent number: 6345939
    Abstract: An apparatus for drilling structural shapes such as angles, I-beams and H-beams has sliders shiftable transversely to the beam along vertical and horizontal members of a frame through which the beam is passed. At least one of the sliders can have a rotatable carrier whose axis is perpendicular to the web or flange being drill and from which a respective drilling unit is radially offset. The longitudinal position of drilling is determined by the angular position of the carrier and any transverse offset is compensated by movement of the respective slider.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2002
    Assignee: Peddinghaus Anlagen + Maschinen GmbH
    Inventor: Reiner Poeting
  • Patent number: 6309148
    Abstract: A column positioning device for a drill press includes a base having a post and a positioning pin respectively extending from a top of the base. The post is received in a hollow column on which a motor is connected. The column has two positioning passages so that the positioning pin is engaged one of the positioning passages. A frame is connected a side of the column and a pusher is connected to the frame. A rod extends from the pusher and a pressing member is movably mounted to the rod. When rotating the column 180 degrees about the post, the column is conveniently positioned by inserting the pin with the other positioning passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2001
    Assignee: Palmgren Industrial Corp., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jack Wang
  • Patent number: 6280305
    Abstract: An orbiting head is rotatably mounted in the housing. The orbiting head has an axial end with a grinding surface for contact with the workpiece having its surface finished. The orbiting head defines a fluid passage with one end having an opening at the grinding surface. A spindle arbor is connected to the orbiting head and rotates with the orbiting head. The spindle arbor also defines a passage having one end connected to the passage of the orbiting head, and having another end connected to a fluid source. A drive is connected to the spindle arbor for driving the spindle arbor and the orbiting head in rotation. The orbiting head is rotated, and the grinding surface is placed into contact with the surface of the workpiece, and in relative rotation to the surface of the workpiece. Fluid is then moved through the passages from the fluid source to the opening in the grinding surface, and from the opening to an area between the grinding surface and the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Inventors: Rosalie Donatelli, Joeseph M. Donatelli, Sr., Joseph M. Donatelli, Thomas P. A. Donatelli