Trimming device for a grinding wheel of a grinding machine

• US 5,951,387 A
• Filed: 12/03/1997
• Issued: 09/14/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ru-Luen Wen
• Original Assignee: Ru-Luen Wen
• Inventors: Wen, Ru-Luen
• Primary Examiner(s): Scherbel, David A.
• Assistant Examiner(s): NGUYEN, DUNG V
• Application Number:
  US08/984,523
• Time in Patent Office: 650 Days
• Field of Search: 451/56, 451/72, 451/443, 125/11.02, 125/11.03, 125/11.21
• US Class Current: 451/443
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 53/04 of cylindrical or conical surfaces on abrasive tools or wheels B24B53/017 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B24B 53/08 controlled by information means, e.g. patterns, templets, punched tapes or the like

Abstract

A wheel dressing device includes a supporting base axially defining a first passage therein and including a first end portion and a second end portion, a sliding tube slidably mounted in the first passage and including a first end portion and a second end portion extending outward of the second end portion of the supporting base, and a feed base fixedly mounted on the second end portion of the sliding tube to move therewith. The feed base axially defines a second passage along a direction perpendicular to that of the first passage and includes a first end portion and a second end portion. A feed tube is slidably mounted in the second passage and includes a first end portion and a second end portion. A wheel dressing head is fixedly mounted on the second end portion of the feed tube to move therewith.

Claims

1. A wheel dressing device comprising:

a supporting base axially defining a first passage therein and including a first end portion and a second end portion;

a sliding tube slidably mounted in said first passage and including a first end portion and a second end portion extending outward of said second end portion of said supporting base;

a feed base fixedly mounted on said second end portion of said sliding tube to move therewith, said feed base axially defining a second passage along a direction perpendicular to that of said first passage and including a first end portion and a second end portion, said feed base transversely defining a slot in an outer periphery thereof;

a feed tube slidably mounted in said second passage and including a first end portion and a second end portion, said feed tube containing a guiding groove axially defined in an outer periphery thereof and communicating with said slot;

a positioning piece fixedly mounted on said outer periphery of said feed base and formed with a plug extending through said slot and received in said guiding groove; and

a wheel dressing head fixedly mounted on said second end portion of said feed tube to move therewith.

2. The wheel dressing device according to claim 1, further comprising a first bushing fixedly mounted on said first end portion of said sliding tube to move therewith and axially defining a threaded bore therein, and end cap fixedly mounted on said first end portion of said supporting base, a threaded rod rotatably mounted in said end cap and including a first end portion threadedly extending through said threaded bore and a second end portion extending outward of said end cap, a driven gear fixedly mounted on said second end portion of said threaded rod, a supporting plate fixedly mounted on said supporting base, a servo motor fixedly mounted on said supporting plate and including a rotary axle extending through said supporting plate, a drive gear fixedly mounted on said rotary axle to rotate therewith, and a toothed belt reeved around said drive gear and said driven gear.

3. The wheel dressing device according to claim 1, further comprising a second bushing fixedly mounted on said first end portion of said feed tube to move therewith and axially defining a second threaded bore therein, a fixed plate fixedly mounted on said first end portion of said feed base, a second threaded rod rotatably mounted in said fixed plate and including a first end portion threadedly extending through said second threaded bore and a second end portion extending outward of said fixed plate, a second driven gear fixedly mounted on said second end portion of said second threaded rod, a second supporting plate fixedly mounted on said fixed plate, a second servo motor fixedly mounted on said second supporting plate, and including a second rotary axle extending through second supporting plate, a second drive gear fixedly mounted on said second rotary axle to rotate therewith, and a second toothed belt reeved around said second drive gear and said second driven gear.

4. The wheel dressing device according to claim 1, further comprising a first abutting board fixedly mounted on an outer periphery of said supporting base, two elongate beams disposed parallel with each other and each including a first end portion fixedly mounted on said first abutting board and a second end portion, a first stop fixedly mounted between said first end portions of each of said two elongate beams, a second stop fixedly mounted between said second end portions of each of said two elongate beams, a guiding channel defined between said two elongate beams and located between said first stop and said second stop, a second abutting board fixedly mounted on an outer periphery of said feed tube to move therewith and abutting on each of said two elongate beams, and a sliding block fixedly mounted on said second abutting board and slidably received in said guiding channel.

5. The wheel dressing device according to claim 2, wherein said sliding tube axially defines a second guiding groove along an outer periphery thereof, said supporting base transversely defines a hole in an outer periphery thereof and communicating with said second guiding groove, and said wheel dressing device further comprises a second positioning piece fixedly mounted on said outer periphery of said supporting base, and a second plug fixedly mounted on said second positioning piece, extending through said hole and slidably received in said second guiding groove.