Patent GB-1156468-A (GB)
Title: Indexing of Rotary Members on Machines
Inventor: BUCKLEY ROBERT HOWARD
IPC: B23D45/06
Filed: 1967-03-09
Abstract: 1,156,468. Machine tool details. THOMAS ROBINSON & SON Ltd. 19 Feb., 1968 [9 March, 1967], No. 11025/67. Heading B3B. [Also in Division B5] A drilling, milling or like machine comprises a table 11 rotatable about a vertical axis, an actuator 60 which controls the machine, and indexing means comprising an arcuate member 47 extending around the table and coaxial therewith and having a plurality of adjustable stops 48 thereon, each stop being adapted when in register with the actuator to operate the latter to cause actuation of the machine, the actuator and arcuate member being connected to or provided are on the table and the other on a stationary part of the machine. As described, the machine is for sawing timber roof trusses and the table 11 is supported for rotation on a base 10 by rollers 13 engaging a flange 12 on the table. A diametal slot 14 is provided in the table for the passage of a circular saw blade 25 disposed within a tapered casing 15 connected by a spigot 16 at its lower end to a bearing 18 joined to a suction pipe. The blade is mounted on a shaft 24 supported by a sleeve 23 carried by arms 22 on a trunnion 21 rotatably mounted on an intermediate shaft 19 rotatably supported by brackets 20 from the table 11. Extensions 26 from the trunnion are connected to a ram 27, 28 whereby the blade is raised and lowered through the slot 14 while rotated by belts 32, 33 from a motor 31. A guard 35 is carried by vertically slidable posts 37 which are connected to levers 41 mounted on pivots 40 and operable by a ram 45 to lower the guard from an inoperative position to a position clamping the timber on to the table during a sawing operation. The arcuate member 47 is secured to the table by a number of brackets 46 and carries a plurality of stops 48 each of which is clampable in adjusted positions by a screw 50. Each stop has an extension 51 housing a spring- loaded plunger 55 having a head 54 which, when the plunger is depressed, can operate the button 61 of the actuator which is located in a depression 59 in a platform 57 secured to the base 10. Roller conveyers 64, 65 are disposed on opposite sides of the table 10 and are provided with adjustable fences 71a, 70b and clamps 71. Conveyer 62 also has a rotatable stop 75b carried by a bracket 74 which is adjustable along a rod 73 rotatable to permit the stop to be raised by an inoperative position. Stop 75b is aligned with the centre of the table and has a flat face 75c and is rotatable to accommodate angled cuts on the ends of the timbers. In operation a timber to be cut with angled ends is fed over conveyer 65 so that its leading end is on conveyer 64 and the timber is held by clamps 71. With a stop 48 adjusted to the desired angular position, the table 11 is rotated by the operator gripping and depressing the plunger 55 of the stop until it rides up a ramp 63 on the platform 57 and enters the depression 59 to engage button 61 of the actuator which operates ram 45 to lower the guard 35 and clamp the timber and operates ram 28 to raise the saw and cut the timber. After retraction of the saw and release of the timber, the timber is advanced until its leading cut end engages the stop surface 75c and the table is rotated if the other end of the timber is to be cut at a different angle, until the stop is above the actuator for cutting of the opposite end of the timber.