Patent ID: 6099448
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A combination of a knife picking device and a knife receiving unit for a cutting center machine, said knife receiving unit located beside said knife picking device, said knife picking device comprising:a linear guide board and a linear guide frame movably connected to said linear guide board;a base member pivotally connected to said linear guide frame, said base member having a track, a pin having a first end thereof movably engaged with said track;a block connected to said base member, a passage defined through said block and a slot defined radially through said block, said passage communicating with said slot, a cylindrical member movably and rotatably received in said passage of said block, said cylindrical member having a spiral groove defined in an outside thereof, a connection means engaged with said spiral groove and extending through said slot, a first cylinder having a first piston rod which is connected to said connection means, said cylindrical member having one end thereof connected to a second cylinder which has a second piston rod, andan arm having a first end thereof connected to a second end of said pin, a third cylinder having a third piston rod which is connected to said first end of said arm, said arm having a second end pivotally connected to said linear guide frame.