Patent GB-707022-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in or relating to turret drill-heads
IPC: B23Q16/06
Filed: 1952-03-11
Abstract: 707,022. Drilling-machine details. HOLZMER, W., [trading as FILM-TON HOLZMER KOMMANDIT-GES]. March 11, 1952 [March 19, 1951], No. 6352/52. Class 83 (3) A turret drill-head mounted on the sleeve 3 of a driving spindle 5 in a drilling machine comprises a number of tool spindles 17 carried by a lower part 7 of the turret which is rotatable about an axis inclined to the spindles 17 by the engagement of an indexing bolt 20, mounted in the turret, with a stand 1 for the machine during upward movement of the spindles, the relative vertical displacement of the turret and the bolt acting through a multi-armed lever 21, mounted rotatably on the upper part 6 of the turret, and a segment 22, which is coupled to the part 7 by a means 29 that acts in one direction only, to index the part 7 rotationally, and the segment 22 being rotatable about the axis of rotation of the part 7 and having therein a curved slot 28 in which an arm 27 of the lever 21 engages. The spindle 5 engages a sleeve 13 in driving- engagement with a sleeve 12 that can be displaced against the influence of a spring 14 to declutch the drive, through teeth 15, 18, to the vertically-disposed spindle 17 provided with a collet or chuck to grip a drill or end-milling cutter which may be held stationary by a spring- pin 17a, the teeth 15, 18 being formed on a conical surface or as illustrated. A pivot 8, on which the segment 22 and the part 7 rotate, is supported rotatably by a conical wall 6", 9, Fig. 3, projecting from the part 6 and cut away at 30 to permit rotation of the segment. If the turret is made from light metal, the adjacent faces of the parts 6, 7 are faced with steel at 10, 11 and provided with a number of recesses 31 to be engaged in indexing position by a spring-pressed pin 32 which can be withdrawn by a handle 34 or automatically by a peg 36, Fig. 5, upon rotation of the segment 22. The peg 36 is provided on the end of a lever 37 mounted resiliently by a spring 39 in a slot in the segment and raises the pin 32 by a camming action as the peg 36 encounters a projection 35 on the pin and passes beneath it. In operation, the turret is raised, to initiate indexing, by the hand lever 4. Relative movement between the indexing bolt 20 and the turret causes the lower end of the bolt to engage an ear 25 on the lever 21 which is consequently rotated. This raises the sleeve 12 by, (preferably), two arms 26 on the lever 21, disengages the teeth 15, 18, and causes the arm 27 to rotate the segment 22 which then withdraws the pin 32 by means of the lever 37 to release the part 7. Further raising of the turret rotates the part 7, by the spring-urged tooth 29, until the pin 32 engages the next recess 31. In this position, the pin 32 is as illustrated in the right-hand part of Fig. 5, but the peg 36 is located on the left of the pin. Upon releasing the bolt 20, which is recessed at 41 so that it may be turned into an inoperative position, the spring 14 expands, returning the segment, causing the peg 36 to jump over the projection 35, (this being possible only when' the pin 32 is in engagement' with a slot 31), and re-engaging the drive from the spindle 5 which may rotate continuously during the indexing operation. A handle 24 is fixed to a shaft 23 supporting the lever 21 and can be turned to effect indexing of the turret. Two or more tool spindles 17 may be provided in the turret.