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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 25, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2003
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu, TW;
Abstract
A transporting and positioning device for tool magazine of a bridge type machine tool comprises a pair of parallel guide-ways on a plate, a seat slidably mounted on the guide-ways for supporting the tool magazine, a drive mechanism including a cylinder, an extendable positioning shaft, a connection block adjacent the plate the connection block including a top hole and being fixed to the table, and a second cylinder having an extendable second positioning shaft; In an operating state of the machine tool, the second positioning shaft is actuated by the second cylinder to project an adjustable distance through the plate to urge against the seat for fastening the seat and the tool magazine. A tool change is performed after fastening the positioning shaft in the hole. The invention is also applicable to EDM.