"no tool" detection system and method
Abstract
Abstract A "NO TOOL", "BROKEN TOOL" OR "IMPROPERLY SET TOOL" DETECTION DEVICE FOR USE WITH TAPS, DRILLS, REAMERS, BORING TOOLS, COUNTER BORES AND MILLING CUTTERS WHICH INCLUDES A TOOL HOLDER HAVING ASSEMBLED FIRST AND SECOND PARTS NORMALLY BIASED OUTWARDLY OF EACH OTHER, WITH A RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT ON ONE PART AND A SHIELD UPON THE OTHER PART NORMALLY SPACED FROM THE RADIOACTIVE ELEMENT, AND IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RADIOATION DETECTION SYSTEM WHEREBY UPON COMPRESSIVE ENGAGEMENT OF THE TOOL WITH A WORKPIECE DUE TO ITS LONGITUDINAL FEED, THERE WILL BE A RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF THE TOOL HOLDER PARTS SUCH AS WILL POSITION SAID SHIELD TO PROTECTIVELY ENCLOSE SAID RADIATION ELEMENT, SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT BEING PREVENTED WHEN THERE IS "NO TOOL", A "BROKEN TOOL" OR AN "IMPROPERLY SET TOOL", AND THE METHOD OF PROVIDING SAID DETECTION SYSTEM.
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- 👤 Theodore M Smith
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