IP Library Granted Patent US 9,522,429
Granted Patent B2
US 9,522,429 · App. 14/434,615 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Workpiece machining apparatus

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,522,429
App. No.
14/434,615
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A workpiece machining apparatus including a headstock to which a workpiece having a through-hole extending in a Z-axis direction is attached; a tool rest which is movable in the Z-axis direction and in an X-axis direction; and a rotary tool unit which is attached to the tool rest, is provided. The headstock has a support member which is movable in the Z-axis direction and which has a spindle side contact portion in an end portion in the Z-axis direction. The rotary tool unit has a tool body having a tool side contact portion with which the spindle side contact portion can come into contact in the Z-axis direction, and a rotatable tool which protrudes from the tool body. The rotating tool machines the workpiece by moving the tool body in the Z-axis direction in a state where the spindle side contact portion and the tool side contact portion are brought into contact with each other.

Claims (13)

1. A workpiece machining apparatus comprising:

a headstock to which a workpiece is attached when coordinate axes orthogonal to each other are set to a Z-axis and an X-axis;

a tool rest being movable in the Z-axis direction and the X-axis direction; and

a rotary tool unit attached to the tool rest,

wherein the headstock has a support member being movable in the Z-axis direction, the support member has a spindle side contact portion in an end portion in the Z-axis direction,

wherein the rotary tool unit has a tool body having a tool side contact portion with which the spindle side contact portion of the support member can come into contact in the Z-axis direction, and a tool protruding from the tool body and being rotatable around its own axis,

wherein the tool which is rotating machines the workpiece by moving the tool body in the Z-axis direction in a state where the spindle side contact portion and the tool side contact portion are brought into contact with each other,

wherein when a coordinate axis orthogonal to the Z-axis and the X-axis is set to a Y-axis, the tool protrudes from the tool body in the Y-axis direction,

wherein the workpiece has a through-hole extending in the Z-axis direction,

wherein the tool forms a groove extending in the Z-axis direction in the through-hole by moving the tool body inside the through-hole in the Z-axis direction, and

wherein the spindle side contact portion and the tool side contact portion are engageable with each other in a state of being deviated from each other in the X-axis direction.

2. The workpiece machining apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein any one of the spindle side contact portion and the tool side contact portion has an engagement rib extending in the X-axis direction, and the other one has an engagement groove portion extending in the X-axis direction, the engagement rib is inserted into the engagement groove portion.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 19, 2018
From: FUJI MACHINE MFG. CO., LTD.
To: FUJI CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 046591/0109 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 9, 2015
From: SUZUYAMA, SHIGEFUMI; YANAGISAKI, JUN; SUENAMI, YASUSI; MIZUTA, KENJI; NAGAI, OSAMU; YAMAMOTO, SHINICHI; ITO, NAOHISA
To: FUJI MACHINE MGF. CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035371/0256 →