Lathe

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9914174-B2
Application number	US-201314889966-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2013
Priority date	May 10, 2013
Publication date	Mar 13, 2018
Grant date	Mar 13, 2018

Abstract

A lathe ( 1 ) with a simple construction that is capable of making the relative displacement of a headstock ( 2 ) and tool rest ( 3 ) due to thermal deformation smaller.
The lathe ( 1 ) comprises: a head including a headstock attaching section ( 51 ), and a slide attaching section ( 52 ) which has a portion with a height lower than the headstock attaching section; a headstock ( 2 ) attached to the headstock attaching section ( 51 ); a slide section ( 6 ) attached to the slide attaching section ( 52 ); and a tool rest ( 2 ) provided laterally to the headstock ( 3 ) and attached to the slide section ( 6 ).
The headstock ( 2 ) is attached to the headstock attaching section ( 51 ) slanted to the tool rest side with respect to the direction in which the headstock ( 2 ) and the tool rest ( 3 ) are lined up.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A lathe comprising:
a bed including a headstock attaching section with an attaching surface, and a slide attaching section which has a portion with a height lower than the headstock attaching section;
a headstock attached to the attaching surface of the headstock attaching section, the headstock including a spindle;
a slide section attached to the slide attaching section; and
a tool rest provided laterally to the headstock and attached to the slide section, the tool rest including a turret
wherein the attaching surface of the headstock attaching section is provided at an angle greater than 0 and less than 90 degrees with respect to a direction connecting a rotation center line of the spindle and a rotation center line of the turret.

2. A lathe according to claim 1 ,
wherein the rotation center line of the spindle and the rotation center line of the turret are parallel to each other.

3. A lathe according to claim 2 ,
wherein the rotation center line of the spindle and the rotation center line of the turret are arranged at the same height with respect to a horizontal direction.

4. A lathe according to claim 1 , wherein
the headstock attaching section includes an inner surface that faces the tool rest and an outer surface opposite to the inner surface,
the attaching surface extends between the inner surface and the outer surface, and
the attaching surface is slanted relative to a horizontal direction by a first angle.

5. A lathe according to claim 4 , wherein the inner surface and the outer surface are each inclined relative to a vertical direction by a second angle.

6. A lathe according to claim 5 , wherein the first angle and the second angle are each 15°.

7. A lathe according to claim 2 ,
wherein the headstock attaching section includes a first flange on a first side of the spindle and a second flange on a second side of the spindle, the second side being closer to the tool rest than the first side, and
wherein the headstock attaching section is slanted to the tool rest side so that the first flange is higher in a height direction than the second flange.

8. A lathe according to claim 4 , wherein a slant direction length of the outer surface is longer than a slant direction length of the inner surface.

9. A lathe according to claim 1 , wherein the bed includes a reduced thickness section on which the slide attaching section is lowered relative to the headstock attaching section.

Assignees

• Fuji Machine Mfg

Inventors

• Shioya Yasumoto
• INO Shigeyuki
• Suzuyama Shigefumi
• Kojima Masaki

Classifications

• B23B3/06 Primary

  Turning-machines or devices characterised only by the special arrangement of constructional units (B23Q37/00 takes precedence; such features of general applicability B23Q) · CPC title

• B23B3/30

  Turning-machines with two or more working-spindles, e.g. in fixed arrangement · CPC title