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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 1980
Filed:
May. 23, 1978
Hideo Nishimura, Nagoya, JP;
Kenji Nomura, Chita, JP;
Fumihiko Ohkoshi, Anjo, JP;
Akira Tsuboi, Kariya, JP;
Yoji Kamiya, Anjo, JP;
Kazuo Eguchi, Ichinomiya, JP;
Kunimichi Nakashima, Anjo, JP;
Toyoda-Koki Kabushiki-Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Abstract
In a pallet exchange apparatus for a machine tool, a rotary member carried to be rotatable in a horizontal plane mounts thereon a pallet support means which in turn supports a pallet unloaded from the machine tool and a pallet to be loaded into the machine tool. Each pallet is provided with an engaging hook. A transfer member is provided with a transfer hook engageable with the engaging hook to move the pallet to be loaded on the machine tool toward the machine tool. A fixed hook is provided to be engageable with the engaging hook. The rotary member is rotated to move the engaging hook of the pallet to be loaded on the machine tool into engagement with the transfer hook and to move the engaging hook of the pallet unloaded from the machine tool into engagement with the fixed hook.