Tsubakimoto Chain Company

Kazuo Kouyama

Hiroshi Yokota

Michio Oitaka

Shinichi Ozaki

Kazuhiko Araki

A rotating tool pot chain is capable of bending in both directions, the tool pot sweeps a relatively small area as it rotates, and the chain is capable of holding the tool pot stably. A pair of inner link plates ( ) and a pair of outer link plates ( ), are formed with openings to provide tool pot storage areas ( ) so that the tool pot, when stored, is parallel direction with the adjacent link connection pins 26. The center of each tool pot storage area ( ) is located on a chain pitch line passing through the centers of the adjacent connection pins . Further, the fulcrum (support pin ) on which the tool pot rotates is below the level of the adjacent connection pins but above the bottoms of the tool pot storage areas ( ).

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Osaka, Japan

Kazuo Kouyama