Apparatus for the speedy positioning of multiple tools on the transverse carriage of a lathe

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR THE SPEEDY POSITIONING OF MULTIPLE TOOLS ON THE TRANSVERSE CARRIAGE OF A LATHE ADAPTED TO MACHINE A ROTARY WORK-PIECE, SAID APPARATUS COMPRISING A BODY ADAPTED TO BE SECURED TO SAID CARRIAGE, A TRACK MEMBER ADAPTED TO SLIDE TRANSVERSELY OVER SAID BODY IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL WITH THE AXIS OF THE WORK-PIECE TO BE MACHINED, TWO SLIDERS SLIDABLE LONGITUDINALLY OVER THE TRACK MEMBER, MEANS SECURING SAID SLIDERS AT ADJUSTABLE POINTS OF THEIR PATH OVER THE TRACK MEMBER, THE FIRST SLIDER DEFINING THE LOCATION OF THE END OF THE WORK PIECE, A SHAPED MEMBER CARRIED BY THE OTHER SLIDER AND ADAPTED TO BE ADJUSTABLY SECURED THERETO AT A PREDETERMINED DISTANCE FROM THE AXIS OF THE TRACK MEMBER TO SET THE END OF THE SHAPED MEMBER, UPON SHIFTING OF THE OTHER SLIDER AND ADJUSTMENT OF THE SHAPED MEMBER, IN A POSITION DEFINING THE DESIRED TRANSVERSE AND LONGITUDINAL LOCATION OF A TOOL WITH REFERENCE TO THE LATHE CARRIAGE AND MEANS FOR MEASURING AND TRANSFERRING DIMENSION FIGURES TO THE SPACING BETWEEN THE SLIDERS AND TO THE SPACING OF THE SHAPED MEMBER WITH REFERENCE TO SAID OTHER SLIDER.