Patent ID: 6514184
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: B23Q,Y10T

Abstract:
A rotating tool pot chain having tool pots attached to and carried by a chain, wherein the chain comprises pairs of inner link plates and pairs of outer link plates arranged alternately along the length of the chain, and connection pins articulably connecting the pairs of inner link plates with the pairs of outer link plates, each said pair of inner link plates and each said pair of outer link plates having an opening, the openings in the link plates of each said pair of link plates forming tool pot receiving and storage areas, and a fulcrum connecting each said tool pot to a link plate of a pair of said link plates for rotation of the tool pot about an axis parallel to the length of the chain, wherein each said tool pot has a center, and the storage areas are positioned so that, when the tool pots are received in the storage areas, the centers of the tool pots are aligned with the connection pins along a chain pitch line at a level passing through the centers of said connection pins.