Wheelhead for grinding machines
First Claim
1. A wheelhead for use in grinding and like machines, comprising a rotary spindle;
- a plurality of material removing wheels coaxial with said spindle; and
means for securing said wheels to said spindle, said securing means including means for separably coupling at least one of said wheels to said spindle so that said one wheel can be repeatedly mounted on and detached from the spindle, said coupling means including means for facilitating automatic mounting of said one wheel on and automatic detachment of said one wheel from said spindle.
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Abstract
A wheelhead for use in grinding and like machines has a spindle which is rotatably mounted in a bearing and supports at least two grinding wheels one of which is attached to the spindle for treatment of two or more successive workpieces, particularly for finish grinding camshafts, cylinders, rolls and like objects. Another grinding wheel is separably coupled to the spindle so that it can be detached upon completed preliminary treatment of each of a series of successive workpieces. The separable grinding wheel is outwardly adjacent the one grinding wheel and is coupled to the spindle by manually operable means or by means which facilitates automatic mounting of such wheel on and automatic detachment of such wheel from the spindle by a wheel changer. The wheelhead can be used with advantage in universal or special external cylindrical grinding machines.
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1. A wheelhead for use in grinding and like machines, comprising a rotary spindle;
- a plurality of material removing wheels coaxial with said spindle; and
means for securing said wheels to said spindle, said securing means including means for separably coupling at least one of said wheels to said spindle so that said one wheel can be repeatedly mounted on and detached from the spindle, said coupling means including means for facilitating automatic mounting of said one wheel on and automatic detachment of said one wheel from said spindle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
- a plurality of material removing wheels coaxial with said spindle; and
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10. A wheelhead for use in grinding and like machines, comprising a rotary spindle;
- a bearing for said spindle; and
means for securing a plurality of material removing wheels to said spindle, including means for substantially permanently affixing a first wheel to said spindle and means for separably coupling as second wheel to said spindle so that the second wheel can be mounted on and detached from said spindle, said couplng means including means for facilitating automatic mounting of the second wheel on and automatic detachment of the second wheel from said spindle.
- a bearing for said spindle; and
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