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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1976
Filed:
Mar. 07, 1975
Applicant:
Inventors:
Noboru Suzuki, Ama, J;
Yozi Kamiya, Anjo, J;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
214 / ; 29568 ; 294113 ;
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.