MY120927A - Tool magazine with tool-change apparatus and workpiece magazine with workpiece-change apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

A TOOL STORING MAGAZINE IS DISCLOSED WHICH INCORPORATES A TOOL-CHANGE APPARATUS ADAPTED TO REMOVE A TOOL FROM THE MAGAZINE AND TO TRANSPORT THE TOOL INTO A WORKPIECE MACHINING APPARATUS, AND ADAPTED TO REMOVE A TOOL FROM THE WORKPIECE MACHINING APPARATUS AND TO TRANSPORT THE TOOL BACK TO THE TOOL STORING MAGAZINE. THE TOOL-CHANGE APPARATUS COMPRISES A PLURALITY OF ESSENTIALLY DISC-SHAPED TOOL SUPPORTING MEMBERS ROTATABLY AND COAXIALLY ARRANGED WITH REFERENCE TO A FIRST AXIS OF ROTATION AND ADAPTED TO RECEIVE AND SUPPORT A PLURALITY OF TOOLS ALONG THE PERIPHERY THEREOF. A TRANSPORT ARM IS PIVOTALLY MOUNTED ON A SECOND AXIS OF ROTATION AND LONGITUDINALLY DISPLACEABLE ALONG THE SECOND AXIS, THAT IS LOCATED IN A CERTAIN DISTANCE FROM THE FIRST AXIS OF ROTATION. THE TRANSPORT ARM IS ADJUSTABLE WITH REFERENCE TO ITS LENGTH AND INCLUDES A GRIPPING ELEMENT MOUNTED ON ITS FREE END. FURTHER, THE TRANSPORT ARM INCLUDES A TURNING KNUCKLE, THE AXIS THEREOF EXTENDING IN AN ANGLE OF 45° WITH REFERENCE TO THE LENGTH ADJUSTMENT DIRECTION OF THE TRANSPORT ARM, AND A TRANSPORT ARM ELEMENT, ONE END THEREOF BEING CONNECTED TO THE TURNING KNUCKLE AND THE OTHER END THEREOF BEARING THE GRIPPING ELEMENT. THE GENERAL SHAPE OF THE TRANSPORT ARM ELEMENT IS DIFFERENT FROM A STRAIGHT LINE.