Automatically replaceable fixture plate
An automatically replaceable fixture plate is configured to be mounted onto a saddle and is configured to directly fix a workpiece or mount a fixture for fixing the workpiece. The automatically replaceable fixture plate has a post and a main plate body. The post is configured to be clamped or released by a tightening and loosening mechanism of the saddle for being fixed to or detached from the saddle. The main plate body is fixedly connected to the post and has multiple fixing holes to make the main plate body fixed with respect to the workpiece or the fixture via bolts. With the post and the main plate body, the automatically replaceable fixture plate allows a machine tool to automatically replace the means of fixing the workpiece.
1 . An automatically replaceable fixture plate configured to be mounted onto a saddle in a machine tool and to mount a fixture for fixing a workpiece thereon; the saddle having a tightening and loosening mechanism, and the automatically replaceable fixture plate comprising:
a post configured to be clamped or released by the tightening and loosening mechanism for being fixed to the saddle or detached from the saddle;
a main plate body fixed to the post and having multiple fixing holes;
wherein the automatically replaceable fixture plate has a fixture mount having a profile matching with a profile of the fixture, and the fixture mount has multiple mounting holes, each one of the multiple mounting holes aligned with a respective one of the multiple fixing holes;
multiple fixture mounting holes configured to make the fixture mount and the fixture fixed with respect to each other via bolts;
the main plate body has a first mounting portion integrally formed thereon;
the fixture mount has a second mounting portion integrally formed thereon;
the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are engageable with each other; and
after the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are engaged with each other, each one of the multiple mounting holes and the corresponding one of the multiple fixing holes are threaded to be combined via a threaded bolt for fixing the fixture mount and the main plate body.
2 . The automatically replaceable fixture plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the profile of the fixture mount is a circular profile or a rectangular profile.
3 . The automatically replaceable fixture plate as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the multiple fixing holes of the main plate body include multiple threaded holes and multiple through holes.
4 . The automatically replaceable fixture plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
the first mounting portion and the second mounting portion are respectively a protrusion and a recess;
when the first mounting portion is the protrusion, the second mounting portion is the recess; or
when the first mounting portion is the recess, the second mounting portion is the protrusion.
5 . The automatically replaceable fixture plate as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the multiple fixing holes of the main plate body include multiple threaded holes and multiple through holes.
6 . The automatically replaceable fixture plate as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the multiple fixing holes of the main plate body include multiple threaded holes and multiple through holes.