Patents by Inventor Yozi Kamiya

Yozi Kamiya 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).

  • Patent number: 3998338
    Abstract: In an automatic tool changing apparatus adapted for application to a machine tool having a vertical spindle, an intermediate tool transfer device is operable for removing a tool from a tool storage magazine of the apparatus by horizontal movement thereof and for subsequently positioning an axis of the removed tool parallel with the axis of the vertical spindle by the downward swinging motion thereof through 90.degree.. Then a tool transfer device carries out exchanging the tool held in the intermediate tool transfer device for an already used tool held in the vertical spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 21, 1976
    Assignee: Toyoda Machine Works, Limited
    Inventors: Noboru Suzuki, Yozi Kamiya
  • Patent number: 3979819
    Abstract: A machine tool having a turret head equipped with a plurality of multiple spindle units on the support stations thereof with the exception of one station rotatably supporting a tool spindle adapted to removably receive a tool, a tool storage magazine storing a plurality of "single" tools, and tool changing apparatus for interchanging the tools between the tool spindle and the tool storage magazine. The turret head may be rotated to successively position one of the multiple spindle units or the tool spindle at an operating position that confronts with the workpiece supported on the worktable such that the multiple spindle unit or the single tool on a tool spindle performs the machining operation on the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1974
    Date of Patent: September 14, 1976
    Assignee: Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Kenzi Nomura, Yozi Kamiya, Kengo Yoshioka