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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2006
Filed:
May. 07, 2004
Applicants:
Michael Hagmann, Göppingen, DE;
Friedrich Winckler, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE;
Inventors:
Michael Hagmann, Göppingen, DE;
Friedrich Winckler, Schwäbisch Gmünd, DE;
Assignee:
Ex-Cell-O GmbH, Eislingen/Fils, DE;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23Q 3/157 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The invention discloses a tool-changing concept in which tools are accommodated in a rack and, by means of a storage and retrieval unit located behind the rack, are removed and fed through the rack to a tool changer, by means of which it is possible to remove a tool from a spindle of the machining center and to insert the tool fed by the storage and retrieval unit.