Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha

Fuji Seiko Limited

Osg Mfg. Company

Shinobu Kaneko

Minoru Haga

Katutoshi Haga

Katsuhiro Mori

Kimimasa Murayama

Shoji Ikawa

Kunio Kondo

Hisatoshi Yoshida

Yasuo Kato

Hajime Mizutani

Yasuhide Nakamura

Mitsuo Saito

Akiomi Ryuu

Yutaka Matsushita

Yuuji Osawa

Tadashi Kurumiya

A method and apparatus for physically processing a workpiece by contact of a working tool with the workpiece, wherein a mass of bubbles of a working liquid is applied to an area of contact between said working tool and said workpiece. The apparatus includes a foaming device for foaming the working liquid to produce the mass of bubbles, a conduit for delivering the mass of bubbles from the foaming device, and a nozzle disposed at one end of the conduit remote from the foaming device, for applying the mass of bubbles to at least one of the tool and workpiece. The nozzle may incorporates a foaming device.

Method and apparatus for working on a workpiece, using foamed working

A machining apparatus including a rotating shaft disposed rotatably about an axis thereof, an eccentric rotating member supported by the rotating shaft rotatably about an axis thereof which is offset from the axis of the rotating shaft, at least one cutting tool which is supported by the eccentric rotating member such that each cutting tool is rotated with the eccentric rotating member and such that the cutting edge of each cutting tool is offset from the axis of the eccentric rotating member, and a rotating device supported by the rotating shaft, for rotating the eccentric rotating member relative to the rotating shaft, and thereby changing the cutting edge position of each cutting tool in the radial direction of the rotating shaft.

Machining apparatus having means for changing radial position of cutting

Serration rolling tools and thread rolling tools each having groups of leading teeth, finishing teeth and disengaging teeth are provided, a lead angle of the thread rolling tool being set in accordance with the rolling diameter of the serration section in a work piece. The thread rolling tool and serration rolling tool are arranged parallel and integrally. First a rolling operation for forming serrations is started by the serration rolling tools, a rolling operation for forming threads being started by the thread rolling tools in the course of the rolling operation by the group of the leading teeth of the serration rolling tools. A rolling operation for finishing the threads is completed in the latter half of the rolling operation by the group of the finishing teeth for the serrations. The difference in rolling diameters is absorbed by the slide of the aforesaid thread rolling tools on a shaft member (work piece), thus enabling the simultaneous formation of serrations and threads in a short rolling stroke.

Rolling method and rolling tools

A holder for a rotary cutting tools has a holder body fixed to a spindle of a machine tool. A rotatable shaft concentric with the holder body and having a tool-mounting portion at one end thereof is coupled at its other end portion to the holder body to receive torque from the holder body. The rotatable shaft is so mounted as to be radially displaceable and inclinable relative to the holder body. A positioning member is fixedly disposed on the machine tool body radially outwardly of the spindle. A cylindrical casing disposed radially outwardly of and rotatably engaged with the rotatable shaft such that the casing and the shaft are rotatable relative to each other, the casing being engageable with the positioning member for accurate positioning thereof by the positioning member, and thereby positioning the rotatable shaft. The holder may further have a circumferential lock mechanism for locking the casing and the holder body to prevent relative rotation between the casing and the holder body when the holder is not attached to the spindle, and for allowing relative rotation after the holder has been attached to the spindle.

Holder for rotary cutting tools

A tool holder for holding a rotary cutting tool, attachable to a spindle of a machine tool, has a holder body fixed to the machine spindle. A rotatable shaft having a tool-mounting portion is coupled to the holder body such that the shaft is axially and radially displaceable relative to the holder body. A positioning member is fixedly disposed on the machine tool body radially outwardly of the machine spindle. A casing is disposed radially outwardly of the rotatable shaft such that the casing and the rotatable shaft are rotatable relative to each other, the casing being engageable with the positioning member to accurately position the rotatable shaft when the holder body is fixed to the machine spindle. A guide bushing is fixedly supported at one axial end portion of the casing remote from the holder body. The guide bushing has a bore which is engageable with an outer circumferential surface of a guide portion of the cutting tool held by the tool-mounting portion of the rotatable shaft, thereby rotatably guiding the cutting tool.

A forced rotational drive force is imparted to a workpiece in synchronism with the movement of a pair of thread rolling dies, the thread rolling dies having a lead angle selected to match the forced rolling diameter of the workpiece, for thereby forming screw threads on the workpiece. These thread rolling dies are moved toward each other to form screw threads on a workpiece. By adjusting the distance between the thread rolling dies to match the workpiece diameter before threading, there can be produced various screws having equal pitches and different nominal diameters.

Thread rolling method

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Shinobu Kaneko