Patent ID: 9095954
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: B23B,B23Q,B24B

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for machining an elongated workpiece with a tool, the apparatus comprising: a support column having a generally planar and vertical front wall and a pair of generally planar, parallel, and vertical side walls projecting rearward from respective outer edges of the front wall; a conveyor defining a loading/unloading station laterally adjacent the column; a workpiece holder on the front wall adapted to hold the workpiece forward of the front wall in a vertical orientation; a vertical guide secured to one of the side walls; a vertical slide vertically shiftable along the vertical guide; a front horizontal guide on the vertical slide forward of the front wall from the guide; and a tool holder horizontally shiftable in the front horizontal guide on the vertical slide forward of the front wall, pivotal about an axis, and adapted to hold the tool, whereby horizontal movement of the holder on the vertical slide engages the tool horizontally with the workpiece in the workpiece holder and vertical movement of the vertical slide in the guide moves the tool vertically along the workpiece; and a grab on the tool holder for moving the workpiece horizontally between the loading/unloading station and a position forward of the front wall and engaged in the workpiece holder.