Patent ID: 6341547
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: B23B,Y10T

Abstract:
A lathe comprising a frame for supporting rotatable chucking equipment that is adapted to hold a work piece, said frame further supporting at least one lathe tool for machining said work piece, said chucking equipment and said lathe tool being displaceable relative each other in at least a radial direction,a cylindrical elongate housing rigidly attached to said frame, said housing extending about a longitudinal axis and having a longitudinal cylindrical inner space extending from a first end of said housing, said cylindrical inner space having a longitudinal axis which is parallel to, though offset from, the longitudinal axis of said housing; a shaft arranged in said inner space for angular displacement therein, said shaft carrying said chucking equipment; and a rotatable outer casing peripherally enclosing said cylindrical elongate housing, said rotatable outer casing carrying said at least one lathe tool, wherein rotation of said rotatable outer casing causes said at least one lathe tool to effect a radial displacement relative to said chucking equipment.