US Patent Class 483
TOOL CHANGING




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