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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2004
Sakashi Adachi, Shizuoka, JP;
Koji Katsumata, Shizuoka, JP;
Sakashi Adachi, Shizuoka, JP;
Koji Katsumata, Shizuoka, JP;
Toshiba Kikai Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A tool attachable to a spindle of a machine tool by an automatic tool changer in the same way as an ordinary tool, capable of being driven without connecting with an external power supply etc., and able to rotate at a rotational speed different from than that of the spindle of the machine tool without supply of electric power from the outside, provided with a machining tool for machining a workpiece, a motor connected with the machining tool and rotating the machining tool, and a generator to which rotary force is transmitted from the spindle of the machine tool and generating electric power to drive the motor, the shaft of the motor being arranged in an orientation different from the axial center of the spindle.