Abstract: A chamfering device includes: a main body including, at a proximal end side thereof, a shank to be attached to a main shaft of a machine tool, the main body including, at a distal end side thereof, a shaft portion extending in a rotational axis direction; a movable body whose proximal end portion is mounted to the shaft portion, the movable body being configured to rotate together with the shaft portion and be movable in the rotational axis direction; an urging member configured to urge the movable body in a direction toward the distal end of the main body; a chamfering tool mounted to a distal end portion of the movable body and configured to rotate together with the movable body to perform chamfering on an edge portion of a workpiece; and a following member mounted to the movable body such that a position of the following member relative to the movable body in the rotational axis direction is invariable and the following member is rotatable relative to the movable body, the following member being configured

Abstract: A portable apparatus for configuring a wheel associated with a track is provided. The apparatus is in a fixed position with respect to a rail associated with the track when in operation. The apparatus includes a tool configured to engage the wheel, a position system for positioning the cutting tool in at least two axis, and a computer control. The computer control is coupled to control the positioning system. The positioning system is controlled so that the wheel is configured in accordance with a profile.

Abstract: A connecting means for connecting a first component and a second component, which enables two components to be securely connected to one another without giving rise to the danger of damaging the two components during the assembly process, comprises a first connecting element that is arranged on the first component in the connected state of the components and a second connecting element that is arranged on the second component in the connected state of the components, wherein at least one of the connecting elements comprises a non self-cutting holding projection which has a curved support surface that is in the form of an arc of a circle in longitudinal section, wherein the holding projection is inserted into a groove which is provided in one of the components and has a curved undercut surface that is in the form of an arc of a circle in longitudinal section.

Abstract: The present invention reduces or prevents bank occurrence with higher accuracy of groove shape to be machined as being cut and ensures sufficient groove depth while avoiding interference with a work even when a small-diameter tool is used.

Abstract: A router has a housing, from the underside of which a tool fitting for a milling tool connected with a drive extends, and a device for adjusting the milling depth, which is located in a tower of the housing, the device extending essentially in the direction of a vertical axis of the router and including an adjusting knob. It is provided that the device extends, at the maximum, to a plane formed by a top side of the housing.

Abstract: A router has a housing, from the underside of which a tool fitting for a milling tool connected with a drive motor extends and the housing is displaceably accommodated on guide columns for adjusting the milling depth, a device for adjusting the milling depth, which includes a depth adjusting element that is displaceable in the direction of a vertical axis of the router using an adjusting element and that interacts with a stop element, and a device for locking the depth adjusting element. The device for locking the depth adjusting element is integrated in the device for adjusting the milling depth.

Abstract: A router includes a motor housing containing a motor and coupled to a tool holder configured to receive a tool bit that is driven rotationally by the motor. A base receives the motor housing for movement in an axial direction along a longitudinal axis of the motor housing. A depth adjustment mechanism enables adjustment of a position of the motor housing relative to the base along the axial direction. The depth adjustment mechanism has a threaded shaft rotationally coupled to one of the motor housing and the base and a thread engaging member coupled to the other of the motor housing and the base. The threaded shaft is engageable with the thread engaging member. A seam defined in the base adjacent to the depth adjustment mechanism.

Abstract: The present invention is a housing retrofit assembly for a milling machine or the like, including a quick adjusting stop nut for selective sliding coarse adjustment and rotational precision fine adjustment for rotatable engagement with a threaded rod or shaft in close tolerances, which provides stable precision engagement with the shaft, and which provides a positive locking mechanism. A unique lighting assembly is also disclosed which moves with the machine head for illuminating the milling cutter or the workpiece.

Abstract: A robotic deburring tool having a housing. Mounted within the housing is a pneumatic motor that includes a backwall and a drive shaft. Secured to the terminal end of the drive shaft is a deburring tool. A pivot-bearing is mounted in the housing adjacent the backwall. A connector extends from the backwall of the pneumatic motor and connects to the pivot bearing, thereby permitting the pneumatic motor to freely articulate radially in any direction while preventing free rotation about the bearing's longitudinal axis. A compliance device extends around the pneumatic motor at a location between the backwall and the deburring tool secured to the drive shaft. The compliance device restricts the movement of the pneumatic motor while applying a compliance force to the pneumatic motor as the pneumatic motor moves with the pivot bearing.

Abstract: The present invention is a quick adjusting stop nut for selective sliding coarse adjustment and rotational precision fine adjustment for rotatable engagement with a threaded rod or shaft in close tolerances, which provides stable precision engagement with the shaft, and which provides a positive locking mechanism.

Abstract: In order to make notches in partitions separating substantially aligned recesses issuing onto the surface of a structure (10), use is made of a machining head (26) having a cutting tool (28) and at least one rotary member (52) adjacent to said tool. The rotary member (52) is provided with protuberances (54) supported in recesses of a row of recesses adjacent to that which is being machined, during the displacement of the machining head (26). The latter is connected with slackness to a tool holder by a mechanism, a lateral and height positioning of the tool (28) being ensured during machining.

Abstract: In order to make notches in partitions separating substantially aligned recesses issuing onto the surface of a structure (10), use is made of a machining head (26) having a cutting tool (28) and at least one rotary member (52) adjacent to said tool. The rotary member (52) is provided with protuberances (54) supported in recesses of a row of recesses adjacent to that which is being machined, during the displacement of the machining head (26). The latter is connected with slackness to a tool holder by a mechanism, a lateral and height positioning of the tool (28) being ensured during machining.

Abstract: An apparatus 28 for forming at least a portion of the edge 12,14 of airfoil 10 using a tool assembly 68 is disclosed. The tool assembly has a tool 164 with a cutting face 202 having a shape which is like the shape of the finished edge of the airfoil. Various construction details of the apparatus are developed which enable the tool to incrementally remove material while accommodating wave-like variations in the airfoil edge. In one embodiment, the apparatus has a probe assembly 166 attached to the tool which is moveable with respect to a reference surface R.sub.s on the airfoil to guide the tool.

Abstract: Equipment for machining a bell portion of plastic pipe. The equipment includes a device for clamping the pipe against movement, at least one rotary cutter for cutting at least one groove in the bell portion, and mechanisms for causing at least one rotary cutter to traverse the interior wall of the bell portion. The machining equipment further includes a drill for drilling a hole through the wall of the bell portion substantially tangentially to one of the annular grooves for receiving a flexible spline to interconnect the pipe with a correspondingly grooved second pipe to form a bell and spigot pipe connection.

Abstract: A cutting assembly and an apparatus for self-aligned chamfering of a workpiece are disclosed. The chamfering apparatus includes a mechanism for releasably securing the workpiece in preparation for a chamfering thereof, a cutting assembly, and a mechanism for moving the cutting assembly proximate the securing mechanism between a first position and a second position, wherein the cutting assembly traverses along an edge portion of the workpiece to be chamfered.

Abstract: A quill stop for a milling machine, drill press, or other like machine. The quill stop includes means for automatic control of coolant flow. The quill stop includes a passage through which high pressure air flows. A valve in the passage controls the air flow. The valve is activated by contact of the quill stop with a dog stop on the machine. The quill stop may also include a self contained mist unit activated by the valve.

Abstract: A flycutting apparatus and a method of manufacturing printed circuit boards are disclosed. The flycutting apparatus may include a sensor for detecting changes in the relative positioning of an associated rotatable flywheel and the surface of an object, such as a web of flexible printed circuit board, to be machined. The sensor is adapted to send signals to an adjustment device of the flycutting apparatus during machining operations whereby the adjustment device responds to the signals by adjusting the relative position of the rotatable flywheel with respect to the surface of the object. The flycutting apparatus may include a horizontally arranged slide assembly in conjunction with a vertically arranged slide assembly and a translation device for translating movement of the horizontally arranged slide assembly to vertical movement of an associated rotatable flywheel along the vertical slide assembly.

Abstract: An adapter for mounting a depth gage onto a mill head of a milling machine is disclosed herein having an elongated mounting bracket with an outwardly projecting block for slidably carrying an indicator rod with spaced apart depth V grooves thereon. The block has a viewing hole for visual observation of the V grooves and an adjustment screw retains the rod at a selected location on the rod. An adjustable anvil is carried on the rod below the markings and has a broad, flat surface cantilevered outwardly beyond the rod and its mounting block so as to receive engagement with the sensing probe of a conventional depth gage mounted on the machine.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus to repair gouged out and damaged leading and trailing edges of gas turbine engine blades, particularly fan blades, by cutting away a curved section including the damaged area and forming a blend radius along the repaired edge. The apparatus includes a unique machine tool guide having an adjustable cutting depth guide and mountable to a hand held machine tool driver, such as a 90 degree angle head air motor, that drives a rotary cutter.

Abstract: A precision depth spindle is mounted to rotate within a cartridge but is restrained against axial movement with respect to the cartridge. The cartridge is mounted for axial sliding movement within a housing, but cannot rotate with respect to the housing. A tool chuck is fixed to one end of the spindle for movement with the spindle, the tool chuck supporting a cutting tool. A spindle stop is mounted to the tool chuck and can rotate with respect to the chuck. This allows the spindle stop to be maintained stationary while the tool chuck and the cutting tool rotate. The spindle stop is finely adjustable axially with respect to the tool chuck, thus determining the depth to which the cutting tool will enter a workpiece. The cartridge has a limited axial motion range with respect to the housing, and both the spindle and cartridge are urged toward the workpiece with respect to the housing by a suitable spring or pressure means.

Abstract: A tool for removing resist material from the sides of conductive boards such as circuit boards wherein it is necessary to remove resist material which covers and surrounds passages which are provided through the conductive board. The tool includes a surface plate to support the board, a light source below the plate, a vertically shiftable cutting tool arranged below the surface plate and an inspection unit for visual and electronic inspection of the passage location mounted above the surface plate. Light passing from below the surface plate will be visible to the inspection unit as a board passage is located over the center of the cutting tool with the light passing through the supporting surface plate, the resist material and the board passage. When the passage is properly located, a clamp device is actuated to positively clamp the board into proper cutting position for removal of the resist material from the bottom side thereof.

Abstract: A tool including a shaft having a drive portion, a lateral stop portion, and an intermediate portion straddled by the drive and lateral stop portions, the drive portion being adapted for detachable engagement with a rotary drive; a router blade mechanism retained by the intermediate portion of the shaft and projecting radially outwardly therefrom; a first coupling keying rotation of the shaft to the router blade mechanism so as to form a rotatably engaged unit; a longitudinal stop defining a bearing surface projecting radially outwardly from the router blade mechanism; and a second coupling securing the longitudinal stop to the unit and permitting axial adjustment between the router blade mechanism and the bearing surface.

Abstract: Machining apparatus comprises a boom rotatable about a pivot support within a cylindrical workpiece with a machining station, such as a milling cutter, mounted on the remote end of the boom. Two angularly spaced wheel units are provided on respective sides of the boom to support the boom on the workpiece. Each wheel unit has an actuator to raise or lower that side of the boom relative to the support surface. Variations in the level of the support surface are determined by sensors monitoring a reference such as a rigid template or a planar laser beam. Each actuator has a respective sensor for independently adjusting each wheel unit and each sensor may be on a radius from the pivot to the associated wheel unit.In an alternative embodiment, the boom is linearly displaceable along spaced rails and the machining station is displaceable perpendicularly to the linear direction along the boom.

Abstract: A drilling device for drilling blind holes to a preselected depth in a work piece is provided. The drilling device includes a drill which rotatably drives a spindle which spindle drives a drill bit. Guide means for mounting the drill member for axial movement to perform the drilling operation are provided. A rod member is secured to and extends from the drill member and is moveable axially therewith as the drill performs its drilling function. An adjustable member is threadably mounted on the rod and is moveable relatively axially on the rod. Adjusting means including a wheel and detent are provided which are connected to the adjustable member and the rod member to rotate the adjustable member with respect to the rod member to thereby cause relative axial movement of the rod member and adjustable member which will change the relative position of the adjustable member on the rod member.

Abstract: An engraving machine has a cutter head (18) on a mount (17) movable in X and Y directions above a platen for holding a workpiece, the mount with the cutter head being movable in the Z direction between a raised and a lowered working position. The cutter head has a cutter (32) variable projectable from a nose cone (33), and the cutter head is also movable in the Z direction on its mount.

Abstract: An improved portable milling machine adapted to grip a work piece and to cut a keyway through a clamping area. This is accomplished without releasing the grip of the milling machine on the work piece by forming an elongated slot in a bed plate with lands lying at opposite sides of the elongated slot. A clamp plate is arranged in stacked alignment with said lands and a work piece is gripped between the clamp plate and the lands of the bed plate. This structure permits a cutting element to pass through the elongated slot to cut a keyway upon the work piece while said work piece is gripped, the cutting action being performed through the clamped area. Improvements include interchangeable spindle construction allowing the use of a variety of cutter elements.

Abstract: A cutting depth adjustment mechanism for a router having a nut engaged on a guide bolt for adjusting the depth of cut. Cutting depth can be coursely adjusted without rotation of the guide bolt relative to the adjusting nut. This can be accomplished by either disengaging the adjusting nut from the guide bolt or by releasing the adjusting nut from the main body member and sliding the nut along a longitudinally formed slot in the main body member.

Abstract: A silicon wafer diffusion processing quartz boat carrier slot plunge cutter machine is provided that has a vertical rapid traverse power feed variable speed spindle with automatic stop switches controlling down feed and return with spindle speeds generally in the range of 3,000 RPM to 4,500 RPM for effective quartz slot cutting. Work piece table longitudinal and cross travel are manually driven with longitudinal travel for work piece to cutting tool alignment and cross travel being for indexing of specific slotting configurations. A fixed table support is adapted to mounting of various jig types for slotting as desired.

Abstract: A pressure foot assembly is provided which makes use of a pressure ring mounted in a manner which allows it to float laterally around an end mill cutter which is used to delete circuit lands on a subcomposite printed circuit panel. Enough pressure is provided to keep the ring from rotating and allows the ring to impart a concentrated force very close around the cutter, thus holding the deleted circuit line in place during cutting and keeping cutting burrs to a minimum.

Abstract: A tool or machine in which the relative position of two components is adjustable has setting means operable in a first mode to set the two components approximately to a desired setting and in a second mode to adjust the approximate setting accurately to a required setting. A tool for routing has a base plate and a depth stop comprising a post extending upwardly from the base plate, a first collar movable along the post, a screw thread on the outer surface of the first collar, and a second collar whose bore is screw-threaded screwed over the first collar. The post includes a surface in the form of a toothed rack, the first collar has a bore one portion of whose surface is formed to engage one or more teeth on the rack to lock the first collar in a selected one of a number of predetermined positions along the post and a spring resiliently biases the first collar into engagement with the toothed rack. A scale operating with a fiducial mark is provided.

Abstract: A machine tool control system adapted to provide automatic depth compensation for a cutting tool which controls the position of the tool in relation to a workpiece to hold the predetermined depth of a sleeve bore surface.

Abstract: Apparatus, especially portable apparatus, for forming shaped edge profiles on the edges of sheet material wherein the sheet material is characterized by thickness non-uniformities; yet, wherein the root face thickness--i.e., that portion of the shaped sheet edge thickness from which no material is removed--of the shaped edge formed is maintained constant irrespective of thickness non-uniformities inherently present in such sheets. More specifically, apparatus which particularly, but not exclusively, advantageous in preparing the edges of sheet material (such, for example, as sheet aluminum) for subsequent welding operations by routing or the like, where it is critical that the root face thickness of the shaped edge remain of constant thickness irrespective of thickness variations inherently present in the sheet material itself.

Abstract: A precision trimming device (18), which is provided for removing metal areas (12a) between contact pads (12) of a printed circuit board (10), includes a rotary drive motor (20) mounted for lateral and pivotal movement on a frame (22). The drive motor (20) supports a circular saw blade (24) which normally rests in a non-trimming position adjacent to the surface of the board (10). The saw blade (24) pivots into metal removing engagement with the board (10) by the action of a cam follower (50) on a camming bar (34). The frame (22) includes locator brackets (80, 82, 84 and 92) having pins (88) which are extendable into apertures (14) of the board (10) to facilitate locating the saw blade (24) for subsequent metal trimming.

Abstract: A machine for cutting a profile into the respective ends of a flat rectangular piece of rubberized material having a clamping table with an overhead reciprocating carriage that has a rotating profile cutter that cuts an interlocking profile at a single pass into such material.

Abstract: A handle-cutting device comprises a conveyor in the form of a horizontal table arranged to be rotated step-by-step to bring handle holders in turn to a handle-cutting station where the handle is lightly clamped. While the holder is stationary at the handle-cutting station, a rapidly rotating cutter (for example, rotating at 3,000 r.p.m.) having a contoured blade representing the profile of the wall of a cup bowl to which the handle is to be attached is progressively advanced towards the holder to remove surplus clay in thin slices from the handle. The blade is unconfined along those parts of its length which effect the cutting, being mounted on spaced apart supporting portions of a carrier, so that the small pieces of clay sliced away by the blade can escape from the cutter. The device ensures a high degree of conformity of the attaching surface of the handle to its intended configuration.

Abstract: Apparatus for accurately cutting pits or anomalies in steel pipe or plate stock to be used as a standard for calibrating magnetic flux leakage detection equipment used for testing for anomalies in such stock.

Abstract: A surface of a wedge acts as a stop to limit travel of a spindle on an automatic riveting machine. A drive mechanism moves the wedge back and forth to vary the heighth of the wedge, and the same mechanism simultaneously moves a rod back and forth to act on a transducer, and transmit an electrical signal to give a digital readout of the change in heighth of the wedge.

Abstract: An improved drafting instrument is provided for scribing small dots on a drafting medium comprising a substrate provided with a removable surface coating. The drafting instrument includes a drive motor and rotatable cutter which are slidably mounted as a unit for vertical movement toward and away from the drafting medium. A manually operable actuator is provided for moving the drive motor downward to bring the cutter into engagement with the surface coating of the drafting medium. A control switch responds to downward movement of the drive motor and cutter by a predetermined distance for automatically actuating the drive motor before the cutter is moved into engagement with the drafting medium. The drafting instrument includes an adjustable depth limit feature to control the depth of penetration of the cutter into the surface coating of the drafting medium. The operation of the drive motor and rotation of the cutter are automatically terminated when manual pressure on the actuator is released.

Abstract: Corrugated tubing is advanced along its axial path by rotatably driven lead screw members the screw threading of which is in meshing engagement with the corrugations of the tubing, the lead screw members being in pairs with the screw threading of the members of each pair being of opposite hand and the lead screw members of each pair being rotated in opposite directions. The lead screw members of each pair present outwardly directed cutters which are synchronized substantially simultaneously to intersect the tubing thereby, in perforating the tubing, to restrain the tubing against rotation thereof about the axial path. There is also disclosed a method of producing the lead screw members with the outwardly projecting cutters mounted thereon.

Abstract: An EDM process and apparatus capable of transversely displacing the electrode tool relative to the electrode workpiece according to a translation motion, while simultaneously linearly advancing the electrode tool relative to the electrode workpiece along a longitudinal axis. The process and apparatus of the invention consist in monitoring a machining dimension and comparing it to a predetermined parameter, and, as soon as such predetermined dimension parameter is achieved, sequentially retracting the electrode tool and re-establishing the feed of the electrode tool, while changing the radial direction of electrode translation motion between the beginning of the electrode tool retraction and the end of the electrode tool feed.