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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:
Apr. 22, 1997
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Yamada, Takaoka, JP;
Assignee:
Kitamura Machinery Co., Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
1983461 ; 29 3 / ; 1983453 ;
Abstract
A pallet changer of the type in which a pallet is exchanged between a pallet changer body and a table of a machine tool. A circular groove is provided on the bottom side of the pallets and plate members having a shape corresponding to that of the groove are provided on the pallet changer body and the table. The pallets are rotatable through a path, defined between the plate of the pallet changer body and the plate of the machine tool table.