US PATENT SUBCLASS 409 / 186
.~.~.~ With infeed control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor

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409 /   HD   GEAR CUTTING, MILLING, OR PLANING

64  DF  MILLING {29}
183  DF  .~ Including means to infeed rotary cutter toward work {9}
185  DF  .~.~ Axially {4}
186.~.~.~ With infeed control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor {2}
187  DF  .~.~.~.~> In response to cutter condition
188  DF  .~.~.~.~> In response to work condition

DEFINITION

Classification: 409/186

With infeed control means energized in response to activator stimulated by condition sensor:

(under subclass 185) Apparatus including means for: (a) detecting any of the following characteristics: a state or property, a change in a state or property, or the occurrence of a predetermined event in any of the following; the workpiece, the product of the apparatus, the apparatus itself, or the environment of the apparatus affecting the operation thereof; and (b) initiating (as a direct result of that detection) a signal other than that generated or

transmitted by the detecting means; and (c) regulating or modifying (as a direct result of said initiation) the operation of the means to affect the cutting.

SEE OR SEARCH THIS CLASS, SUBCLASS:

15, for similar control means combined with a gear hobbing machine.

147, for similar control means combined with work infeed in a milling machine.

193, for similar control means combined with nonaxial tool infeed in a milling machine.

245, for similar control means combined with a broaching machine.

SEE OR SEARCH CLASS 408, Cutting by Use of Rotating Axially Moving Tool,

8, for similar structure for regulating the operation of a machine of that class type.