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Composite machining lathe

  • US 4,620,363 A
  • Filed: 10/26/1984
  • Issued: 11/04/1986
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/28/1983
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A composite machining lathe comprising:

  • a spindle;

    a tool magazine;

    a tool holder base movable in the direction of an axis of the spindle;

    a continuous elongated flexible tool carrier, in said tool magazine, adapted to run along a path having a curved section;

    a plurality of tools carried by said tool carrier in such a manner that the shanks of each said tools are located outside of said tool carrier and said shanks on the portion of said tool carrier in said curved section of said path are selectively engageable with a head bore formed in said tool holder base;

    means for mounting said tool magazine such that said tool magazine is movable together with said tool holder base in synchronism in the direction of axis of said spindle and in the direction perpendicular to said spindle axis;

    means for mounting said tool holder base in such a manner that said tool holder base is movable to and from a retracted position relative to said tool magazine; and

    tool holding means, provided on said tool holder base, for holding the tools on said tool carrier by said shanks.

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