Drilling machine with turret handling means
Abstract
Abstract AN AUTOMATICALLY CONTROLLED DRILLING MACHINE HAVING AN INDEXING TURRET PROVIDED WITH ITS OWN INDEXING MEANS, WHICH IS INTERCHANGEABLE FOR ANOTHER SUCH TURRET, OR A SINGLE TOOL, TO EXTEND THE RANGE OF TOOLS USABLE UPON A WORKPIECE, AS REQUIRED BY THE PROGRAMME CONTROLLING THE MACHINE. THE TURRET, OR A PLURALITY OF TURRETS ARE SUPPORTABLE UPON A HINGEABLE ARM OR OTHER SUPPORT MEANS, SO AS TO BE MOVABLE AND STORED OUT OF THE WAY, AND CAN BE BROUGHT SELECTIVELY ADJACENT THE SPINDLE QUILL ASSEMBLY OF THE MACHINE, FOR ATTACHMENT THERETO AS AND WHEN REQUIRED. THE HINGEABLE ARM, WHEN USED, MAY INCORPORATE A SPRING FOR ASSISTING IN THE LOWERING AND RAISING OF THE TURRET DURING DISCONNECTION FROM AND CONNECTION TO THE MACHINE. WHEN THE SIGNALS CONTROLLING THE INDEXING TURRET ARE OF THE ELECTRIC KIND, THE SIGNALS ARE CONVEYED BY A FLEXIBLE CABLE ATTACHED TO THE TURRET BY POLUG AND SOCKET MEANS. WHERE THE SIGNALS ARE HYDRAULIC OR PNEUMATIC, THEY ARE CONVEYED BY A FLEXIBLE PIPE CONNECTED TO THE TURRET BY SNAP-TYPE CONNECTORS.
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- 👤 Paul Terence Kavanagh
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