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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:
May. 18, 1993
Filed:
Aug. 20, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Victor Chun, Holland, PA (US);
James R Hunter, Chadds Ford, PA (US);
Assignee:
Murata Machinery, Limited, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83552 ; 83618 ;
Abstract
A punch tool selection and orienting arrangement is disclosed in which a multiple tool holder and a rotary ram are separately driven to select and orient a single punch tool beneath the rotary ram for a punching operation. The rotary ram is also described as performing the tool selection process in disclosed embodiments in which a nonrotating tool carrier is used.