Patent ID: 9248505
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B23B,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A boring and facing head coupled to a mandrel of a machine tool for rotating a turning tool about a tool axis, comprising: a slide movable along a transverse axis that is generally perpendicular to the tool axis, the slide having the turning tool mounted thereon for movement along the transverse axis; and a drive assembly for jointly moving the slide and the turning tool, the drive assembly including a drive motor having a motor shaft extending along a shaft axis that is generally parallel to the transverse axis, a first gear wheel mounted on the motor shaft for rotation about the shaft axis, a ring gear in meshing engagement with the first gear wheel for rotation about the tool axis, a threaded shaft extending along the transverse axis, and a second gear wheel fixedly mounted on the threaded shaft and being in meshing engagement with the ring gear for turning the threaded shaft about the transverse axis.