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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1983
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1981
Richard R Carroll, Chagrin Falls, OH (US);
Alan M Papp, Eastlake, OH (US);
Litton Industrial Products, Inc., Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A machining center comprising tool spindle means, tool changing means, tool drum assembly means including first and second axially spaced integral tool drums each having a plurality of tool holding chucks about the periphery thereof, each of the tool holding chucks having a movable jaw, extension means operatively associated with each the movable jaw on one of the first and second tool drums for permitting movement of the associated movable jaw from a predetermined remote location, tool housing means for rotatably supporting the tool drum assembly means including first actuator means for displacing the one of the extension means of the one tool drum located at a selected location, and second actuator means for displacing one of the movable jaws of the other one of the tool drums located at a selected location, means for supporting the tool housing means for axial displacement, and means for axially displacing the tool housing means from a first position to a second position.