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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 22, 1985
Filed:
Feb. 01, 1982
Jinsei Ida, Sayama, JP;
Yosio Hagimoto, Niiza, JP;
Masao Takahashi, Kawagoe, JP;
Saburo Azuma, Iruma, JP;
Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A jig table apparatus for a machine tool is provided. The apparatus comprises first and second jig tables for holding workpieces thereon. A base for positioning adjacent a machine tool and elevating table are provided at a work station for supporting and raising and lowering one of the jig tables at the work station. Also provided is a turntable, a work attaching and detaching station for supporting one of the jig tables and for moving the jig tables to a position for removing a workpiece therefrom and for placing a workpiece thereon, and a transfer device is mounted on the base for moving the first and second jig tables between the working station and the work attaching and detaching stations. The transfer device includes claw members which are coupled to the elevating table and are responsive to the movement thereof, such that the claw members are moved to an engaging position when the elevating table is raised and to a disengaging position when the table is lowered.