IP Library Granted Patent US 9,358,652
Granted Patent B2
US 9,358,652 · App. 13/261,479 · Granted Jun 7, 2016

Tool turret

Inventors: Jürgen Stiefel (Kohlberg, DE); Dietmar Linder (Dettingen, DE); Günther Schips (Pfullingen, DE)
Assignee: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
B23Q16/02B23B29/32B23B29/323B23B31/1076B23Q5/04B23Q11/04B23Q16/025B23Q16/10B23Q2220/002Y10T29/5154Y10T29/5155Y10T74/14Y10T82/2587
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Patent No.
US 9,358,652
App. No.
13/261,479
Granted
Jun 7, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tool turret includes a tool disk ( 2 ) swivelable about a support column ( 32 ) that defines a swivel axis ( 26 ) into positions in which at least one machining tool fastened to the tool disk ( 2 ) is in a machining position. A drive device ( 14 ) includes drives ( 10, 8 ) connected by a controllable coupling device ( 18 ) to outputs ( 20, 22 ) used to drive the tool disk ( 2 ) or the machining tool. The drive device ( 14 ) is arranged inside the tool disk ( 2 ) together with the drives ( 8, 10 ) and the output ( 22 ) used to drive the machining tool. The output used to drive the tool disk ( 2 ) in a swiveling manner has a gear train arrangement ( 34 ) outside the tool disk ( 2 ) on the support column ( 32 ). The gear train arrangement has an output shaft ( 70 ) that extends along the support column ( 32 ).

Claims (21)

1. A tool turret, comprising

a support column defining a swivel axis;

a tool disk swivelable about said support column moving a machining tool fastened on the tool disk into and out of a machining position of the machining tool;

a drive device having first and second drives connectable to a first and second outputs to drive said tool disk and the machining tool, respectively, by a controllable coupling device, said drive device with said first and second drives and with said first and second outputs being arranged inside said tool disk; and

a gear train arrangement outside said tool disk on said support column, said gear train arrangement being connectable to said first output and having an output shaft extending along said support column.

2. A tool turret according to claim 1 wherein

said gear train arrangement comprises a Wolfrom planetary gear.

3. A tool turret according to claim 2 wherein

hollow shafts extend coaxially relative to said swivel axis along said support column, said hollow shafts forming a drive shaft and an output shaft of said Wolfrom planetary gear, said Wolfrom planetary gear being spaced at a distance from said tool disk.

4. A tool turret according to claim 1 wherein

said first and second drives are driven by a common drive shaft of said drive device.

5. A tool turret according to claim 4 wherein

an actuating device controls said coupling device to selectively displace the said first drive and said second drive, respectively, at least one of coaxially relative to said drive shaft or parallel relative to said drive shaft.

6. A tool turret according to claim 5 wherein

said second drive is arranged coaxially relative to said first drive inside a receiving space in said tool disk.

7. A tool turret according to claim 6 wherein

said coupling device is mounted on said drive shaft, is rotationally fixed relative to said drive shaft and is axially displaceably along a longitudinal axis of said drive shaft.

8. A tool turret according to claim 5 wherein

said actuating device comprises a hydraulic cylinder surrounded at least in sections by said drive shaft; and said coupling device is movable by said hydraulic cylinder in a first direction to connect said second drive and said second output to enable driving the machining tool, and in a second direction, opposite to the first direction, to connect said first drive and said first output to enable swiveling of said tool disk.

9. A tool turret according claim 1 wherein

a locking device secures said tool disk in a defined manner in a predefinable swivel position relative to said support column.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 11, 2023
From: ZEITFRACHT GMBH & CO. KGAA
To: KOLIBRI BETEILIGUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 064558/0867 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 3, 2022
From: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
To: ZEITFRACHT GMBH & CO. KGAA
Reel/Frame 058948/0598 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2012
From: STIEFEL, JURGEN; LINDER, DIETMAR; SCHIPS, GUNTHER
To: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 029260/0274 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2012
From: STIEFEL, JURGEN; LINDER, DIETMAR; SCHIPS, GUNTHER
To: SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH
Reel/Frame 029324/0875 →
Priority Claims (2)
DE 10 2010 021 948 · May 28, 2010 · national
DE 10 2010 021 949 · May 28, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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