Firma Trumph Maschinene Ag

Erich Brekle

Eugen Herb

Hans Klingel

A copying tracer for tracing templates which have hollows or recesses or bores, particularly for stamping or nibbling machines, comprises a housing with a bore therein with a copying tracer plunger portion slidable in the bore which has a lower end which engages the template. The tracer plunger is biased by biasing means which act to provide a uniform downward biasing pressure on the plunger to engage the lower template engaging end portion of the tracer with the template and which is increased when the template begins to move downwardly, such as when it enters a recess or a groove, so that the movement becomes very rapid. The biasing may be accomplished by a spring system which includes one coil spring acting axially along the axis of the plunger tracer and an additional spring which is locked when the tracer engages the surface of the template but which moves transversely and acts against the plunger in a downward component of force after the tracer is initially moved downwardly. Another embodiment comprises a fluid pressure operated system wherein the plunger is first forced downwardly into engagement with the template by a first pressure source acting on the plunger which is by-passed partially around the plunger, but which acts entirely on the plunger after it is moved initially downwardly.

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Benningen, Germany

Erich Brekle