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Class Number: 483
Class Title: TOOL CHANGING
Subclass Subclass
Number Title
1 PROCESS
2 WITH SAFETY MEANS
3 .Guard
4 WITH MEANS TO REGULATE OPERATION BY MEANS OF REPLACEABLE
INFORMATION SUPPLY (E.G., TEMPLET, TAPE, CARD, ETC.)
5 .Replaceable information comprising tool location
6 ..Including determining optimum tool access path
7 WITH CONTROL MEANS ENERGIZED IN RESPONSE TO ACTIVATOR STIMULATED
BY CONDITION SENSOR
8 .Responsive to tool identifying information
9 ..Identifying information on tool or tool holder
10 .Responsive to tool
11 ..Including means to monitor and control, i.e., adaptive
machining
12 WITH SIGNAL OR INDICATOR
13 WITH MEANS TO CONDITION OR ADJUST TOOL OR TOOL SUPPORT
14 WITH MEANS TO TRANSFER WORK
15 .Plural machine tools, e.g., flexible manufacturing
16 INCLUDING MACHINE TOOL OR COMPONENT
17 .Rotating work machine tool (e.g., screw machine, lathe, etc.)
18 ..Tool support comprises rotary spindle
19 ..Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature
20 ...Workpiece holder (e.g., chuck or chuck jaw, collet, etc.)
21 ...Turning tool insert changer
22 ..Tool changer between tool support and matrix
23 ...Plural matrices
24 ...Tool support comprises turret
25 ....Linearly moveable tool changer
26 ...Linearly moveable tool changer
27 ..Direct tool exchange between tool support and matrix
28 .Reciprocating tool machine tool (e.g., broaching machine,
shaping machine, etc.)
29 ..Including matrix
30 .Rotary spindle machine tool (e.g., milling machine, boring,
machine, grinding machine, etc.)
31 ..Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature
32 ...Tool head
33 ...Abrading wheel
34 ...Including means for angularly orienting tool and spindle
35 ....Spindle angularly oriented to align with tool
36 ..Tool changer between spindle and matrix
37 ...Plural matrices
38 ...Including tool holder pivotable about axis
39 ....Plural tool holders pivotable about common axis
40 .....Including intermediate tool changer
41 ......Intermediate tool changer includes tool holder pivotable
about axis
42 .....Tool holders pivotable with respect to each other
43 .....Tool holders pivotable about plural nonparallel axes
44 .....Linearly movable tool holders
45 ......Extensible tool holders
46 ......Translatable axiss
47 ....Distinct tool changer for each tool
48 ....Including intermediate tool changer
49 ....Linearly movable tool holder
50 ....Tool holder pivotable about plural nonparallel axes
51 ...Including linearly translatable tool changer (e.g., shuttle,
ram, etc.)
52 ....Plural tool holders
53 ....Orthogonally translatable
54 ..Direct tool exchange between spindle and matrix
55 ...Spindle comprises tool changer
56 ....Matrix indexes selected tool to transfer position
57 ...Including means to project tool from matrix
58 TOOL TRANSFER TO OR FROM MATRIX
59 .Matrix including means to latch tool
60 .Matrix including means to project tool for transfer
61 ..Rectilinear
62 ..Pivoting
63 .Plural matrices
64 ..including tool replenishing
65 .Including tool pot or adapter
66 .Indexing matrix
67 ..Rotary disc
68 ..Chain or belt
69 MISCELLANEOUS
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* CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS
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900 GRIPPING PORTION ENGAGES TOOL SIMULTANOUS WITH TOOL ROTATING IN
SPINDLE
901 ROBOT END EFFECTORS
902 TOOL GRIPPERS