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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:
Dec. 08, 1998
Filed:
May. 12, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Yutaka Hayashi, Chiryu, JP;
Makoto Nonoyama, Kariya, JP;
Tomonari Kato, Kariya, JP;
Toshihiro Yonezu, Nishio, JP;
Nobuo Ohkubo, Ohtsu, JP;
Assignee:
Toyoda Koki Kabushiki Kaisha, Kariya, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B24B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
451-8 ; 451-9 ; 451 11 ; 451 51 ;
Abstract
A machining apparatus for machining a workpiece by moving a tool in direction relative to the workpiece comprises, tool moving means for moving the tool in the direction relative to the workpiece, tool movable range setting means for setting a movable range for the tool to inhibit the workplace from exceeding a reference size by inputting the reference size, and halting means for halting a movement of the tool when a position of said tool exceeds the tool movable range set by said tool movable range setting means.