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код для вставкиJuly 3, 1951 M. A. HOLLENGREEN ETAL 2,559,431 WORK LOCATING DEVICE Filed Nov. 25, 1949 5 Sheets-Sheet 1 F5 ' IN VEN TOR. BY ?I/LBUPN A. HOLLENGREEN 170mm 5 new: July 3, 1951 M. A. HOLLENGREEN ETAL 2,559,431 WORK LOCATING DEVICE Zhmentcr FEE 7a ~?‘I/LBURN ILHOLLENGREEN an DONQLD F’. PQIGE ' (Ittomeg July 3, 1951 M. A. HOLLENGVREEN ET AL 2,559,431 WORK LOCATING DEVICE Filed Nov. 25, 1949 5 Sheets-Sheet s l I | \ l l \ \ Snnentor M/LBURN m/IOLLENGREEN Bu now/1w r: Pe/cz 49,4)?” July 3, 1951 2,559,431 M. ‘A. HOLLENGREEN ETAL 1 WORK LOCATING DEVICE Filed Nov. 25, 1949 5 Shee1_',s-Sheet 4 ‘Il I ‘I llvvslvrak "IZ Rb/~F/w/ “mgM;4 B Au L BY A..pHR w w E N Y July 3, 1951 M. A. HOLLENGREEN ETAL 2,559,431‘ WORK LOCATING DEVICE Filed Nov. 25, 1949 i ' - 5 Sheets-Sheet 5 . IN YEN TOR musumv A. HOLLA'NGRl'E/V Jan/41.0 If nk/cz ATTORNE Y Patented July 3, 1951 2,559,431 UNITED ' STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,559,431 WORK LOGATING DEVICE Milburn A. Hollengteen and Donald F. Price, Waynesboro, Pat, assignors to Landls Tool Com Dally, Waynesboro, Pa. Application November 25,- 1949, Serial No. 129,422 9 Claims. (0]. 51-—165) 2 This invention relates to apparatus for use in 5 connection with grinding or machining of cylin Figure 2 is a left-hand elevation, partly in sec tion. Figure 3 is a plan view. Figure 4 is an enlarged plan view of the work drical portions of a work piece between ?anges, cheeks, shoulders or other portions of greater diameter adjoining the surface to be machined. 6 engaging unit. Figure 5 is an alternate arrangement. ‘More particularly, this invention relates to ap paratus for relatively positioning successive por Figure 6 is a front elevation, partly in section, showing the invention applied to the grinding tions of a work piece and a cutting tool when the machining must be done simultaneously on wheel instead of the work carriage. the spaced shoulders or ?anges as well as the Numeral l0 indicates a crankshaft mounted on cylindrical surface. This requires that the por footstock center II and headstock center l2 for tion to be ground or machined and the tool must be accurately centered relative to one another grinding the main bearings l3, I4, and I5. The crank could just as well be mounted in eccentric clamping ?xtures which are well-known in the 15 art for grinding the crankpins. The locating ap equal amount of stock from each shoulder. When paratus would function in the same manner to so centered, the several portions will be accu so that the tool will remove an approximately rately positioned with relation to other similar locate the crankpins relative to grinding wheel l6 as it does to locate the main bearings. portions on the same work piece. When a rough cast or forged crankshaft is Crank l0 and centers II and I2 are mounted turned or milled, the spacing between bearing 20 on carriage 20 in a manner well-known in the art but not disclosed in the drawing. surfaces is not held to close limits. When it is placed in a crank pin grinder having a spacing Carriage‘ 20 may be moved endwise by means bar and plunger, the spacing of the pin bearings usually does not agree exactly with the notches of a piston 2| and cylinder 22 connected by piston rod 23 to a portion 24 in the lower side of said carriage. Fluid under pressure is supplied al on said spacing bar and a relative axial adjust ternately to opposite ends of cylinder 22 . by ment must be made between the work and the means of a reversing valve 25. Said valve may grinding wheel so that the grinding wheel will be actuated automatically in a manner such as grind equally on each shoulder. It is, therefore, an object of this invention to disclosed in Patents 2,105,841 and 2,323,189. provide means for effecting relative axial posi 30 However, for the purpose of illustration, the lever 26 is su?icient. tioning between the tool and the ?anges or shoul Fluid under pressure is supplied to valve 25 by ders of a Work piece. pump 30 through line 3|. A relief valve 32 con It is a further object to provide a work engag~ ing device having means for engaging the spaced nected to the outlet of said pump serves to reg 35 ulate the pressure in the hydraulic system. The shoulders or ?anges of a work piece. It is a ‘further object to provide means for above-mentioned patents also show ‘automatic means for indexing a work carriage. It is suffi urging the work engaging means toward the work surface in order to properly engage the shoul cient for our purpose to show spacing bar 35 ad justably mounted on carriage 20 by means of ders or ?anges. It is a further object to provide a preliminary 40 screws 36 in longitudinal slots 31 in said spacing and approximate positioning operation supple— bar. mented by a more exact ‘positioning opera~ On the lower side of said spacing bar is a plurality of notches 38 spaced to correspond to tion. the spacing of the portions to be ground on the A further object is to locate successively a se— ries of portions on a work piece in operative rela 45 work piece. A plunger 39 in the form of a piston tion to a cutting tool. .rod having a piston 40 attached thereto and op The drawings show a diagrammatic arrange erable in a cylinder 4| is held in engagement with the spacing bar 35 by means of a spring 42. Said ment of a, work piece in the form of a crankshaft having a plurality of spaced portions to be plunger may be withdrawn from said spacing ground, as well as hydraulic and electrical sys-‘ 50 bar by ?uid under pressure directed through terns for causing a locating movement between line 43 from valve 44. ~ Said ?uid under pressure is supplied to said the work and the tool and the apparatus for accurately locating said parts after each index valve from line 3| through lines 45 and 46. In ing operation. the drawing, valve 44 is in a position to direct Figure 1 is a combined hydraulic and electrical 55 ?uid from piston 40 through line 43 to exhaust diagram. passage 41. Valve 44 is held in this position by ' 2,559,481 4 3 spring 48. Said valve maybe moved by lever 49 to connect pressure line 46 with line 43. The means for engaging the work piece con sists of a scissorslike member 60 having two ele ments 6| and 62 pivoted at 63 and supporting plates 64. Each of said elements has a circular opening back of the pivot point through which a pin 65 of smaller diameter passes. Said pin is toward and from operative relation to the work piece. Movement may be e?ected manually, by power manually controlled, or automatically. For illustrative purposes, we disclose said housing mounted on parallel flat springs I40 and Ill, which in turn are mounted on a base member I42. With this arrangement, the operator may push housing 66 forward to operative position, hold it there until the locating operation is com mounted in a housing member 66 at one side of said work engaging member and passes 10 pleted, and then release it so that the springs tI40 and “I may return it to inoperative posi through a cover plate 61 at the other side of said work engaging member. The portion of element BI and 62 opposite the _ work engaging end is made so that together they form an inverted V. A pin ‘I0 engages the sides of said V. Said pin is mounted in a piston ‘II in a cylindrical opening 11 in housing 66 and is urged into engagement with the sides of said V ion. In order to permit spring "I5 to function at the proper time, a valve I50 vis located in any suit able position to be actuated by the forward move ment of housing 66. Said valve has a stem I5I, which is engaged by a portion of housing 66 as it moves toward operative position. Said move ment shifts valve I50 against spring I52 to con by spring ‘I5. When so urged, said pin tends to actuate members SI and 62 so that the work 20 nect the end of cylinder 11 through line ‘I6 with an exhaust passage I53. When housing 66 is re engaging portions, consisting of two hardened leased to returnto inoperative position, valve I50 surfaces 68 and 69, engage one or the other of is shifted by spring I52 to connect line ‘I6 with opposed shoulders 80 and BI on work piece I0. line I55, which in turn is connected to line 45 For example, when surface 69 engages‘ shoulder to direct ?uid under pressure to shift piston ‘II 8|, it is an indication that the work piece is too against spring ‘I5 and move pin ‘I0 out of contact far to the left to be engaged properly by the with the feeler elements 6I and 62. grinding wheel. Engagement between these two In Figure 6 is disclosed an alternate method surfaces will cause pivot 63 to move to left and of effecting relative lateral or axial adjustment the entire work engaging assembly 64 to move in a counterclockwise direction about pivot 65. 30 between a grinding wheel and a shouldered work piece. This method involves endwise adjustment Said piston and feelers are reset by introducing of the grinding wheel. Grinding wheel I6 is ?uid under pressure ‘from line 16 to the opposite rotatably supported on a wheel base I60 by means end of cylinder 11. . of a spindle I6I, which is rotatably mounted in Members GI and 62 are normally held in a suitable bearings in said wheel base. Bracket centrallposition by springs 85 and 86. Oscillat I62 engages the rotatable portion of the wheel ing movement of the work engaging assembly is mounting in any suitable manner for the purpose limited by adjusting screws Y90 and 9I, which are of effecting a slight endwise movement thereof. positioned to engage the sides of plate member 64. Said bracket should be connected to the wheel Said plate member has an extended portion 92 mounting at a point as close as possible to the which passesbetween the feelers 95 and 96 of grinding wheel so as to eliminate variations in two indicator members 91 and 98 of the type dis the position of the wheel due to expansion of the closed in co-pending application Ser. No. 773,388, spindle during operation. ?led September 11, 1947, which issued as Patent _ At the upper portion of said bracket, there is No. 2,533,770, each of which has an air valve I00 operable in conjunction with the actuation of the 45 inserted a bearing cartridge I63 having anti friction bearings I64 in which one end of a shaft indicator as described in said application. I65 is supported. Said shaft extends through a Each of said air valves receives a supply of sleeve I66, one end of which is rotatably and ?uid under pressure which is permitted to escape slidably mounted in a bracket I6‘I having sleeve when said valve is actuated by extended portion 92. Said ?uid under pressure is conducted from 50 type anti-friction bearings I68 therein. Said bracket is mounted on wheel base I60. The any suitable source through lines IOI or I02. A other end of said sleeve is supported in a similar manometer tube I05 is connected to line IOI and manner in bearings I69 mounted in a sleeve I10. tube I06 is connected to line I02 through Venturi Said sleeve, in turn, is mounted in a hollow cylin devices I01 and I08. These devices as well as their relation to the manometer tube are dis 55 drical portion III on wheel base I60. A portion of sleeve I10 extends beyond housing III and closed in greater detail in Patents 2,001,447, is has a radial cylinder I80 formed thereon. Piston sued May 14, 1935, and 2,019,066, issued October I8I in said cylinder is urged outwardly by means 29, 1935. ' . of spring I82. A piston rod or clamp I83 pro Contacts H0 and H4 in tube I05 and III and I I2 in tube I06, when engaged by the mercury 60 trudes from said cylinder into engagement with a slot I84 in sleeve I66. Said clamp may be held column, serve to initiate operation of motor I20 in operative position by ?uid under pressure on carriage 20 in a direction depending upon directed to the head end of cylinder I80 from which manometer tube is functioning. Said mo pump 30 through line I85. tor operating through worm gear I30, worm wheel At the other end of sleeve I66 is a means for I3I, screw I32 rotatably mounted in 9. lug I33 65 effecting axial adjustment between said sleeve on spacing bar 35 causes carriage 20 to move and shaft I65 and, therefore, between the wheel relative to spacing bar 35, which is held in posi shifting mechanism and the work locating mem tion by plunger 39, to effect a substantially exact ber 60. This adjusting mechanism consists of positioning or locating operation of the work 70 a housing I90 secured to the end of sleeve I66. piece I0. _ The end of shaft I65 passes through said hous An alternate arrangement shown in Figure 5 ing and has a threaded portion I9I thereon in uses micro switches II‘I and H8 instead of the engagement with a nut I92 rotatably mounted in air-operated apparatus. Said switches may be bearings I93. A worm wheel 200 on nut I92 connected directly to relays I I5 and H6. Housing 66 must be mounted for movement 75 is engaged by worm gear20| mounted in the up 2,559,481 5 ‘per part of housing I90. Said worm has a portion 80 is to the member 62, said members will spread 262 of polygonal cross-section so that a wrench or crank may be applied thereto. The means for engaging the work I0 is the same as disclosed in the other ?gures except that. instead of having means at one end to actuate indicators, it is mounted in a member 2I0, form until member 6| engages shoulder M and before member 62 engages shoulder 80. The spreading action will thus cause member 64 as a unit to move counterclockwise against spring 86. Portion 92, when thus moved, shifts feeler 95 to reduce the ?ow of air through valve I00b so that pressure is built up in the manometer ing a connection between said feeler 60 and the tube I05, shifting the body of mercury therein wheel shifting mechanism described above. Said member 2I0 has a pair of spaced hollow cylin 10 to complete a circuit from II4 through contact IIO, which is always submerged in the body of drical portions 2“ and 2I2, one on either side of mercury, through the mercury to the contact I I I, bracket I61. The sleeve I66 passes through both line II 3 to relay H6, which completes a circuit of these portions and is secured therein by means to motor I20 to rotate it in such a direction that of set screws 2I3 and 2I'4. This mounting pro vides a pivotal support for the work engaging 15 carriage 20 will be moved slightly to the right. Movement to the left is effected in a similar manner when the work is located off center to the right. The work engaging member 62 engages shoulder 80 instead of shoulder 8|, and the unit Operation 20 in response to the action of pin ‘I0 moves to the left or clockwise about pivot 65 so that extended For the purpose of illustration, we have used portion 92 engages feeler 96 to shift valve IIlIla as a work piece, crank shaft I0 mounted on cen to control the flow of air so as to raise the level ters II and I2 for grinding main bearings I3, I4, of the mercury in the contact portion of the tube and I5. The locating device would work just as well if said crank were mounted eccentrically for 25 I06. The rising column of mercury completes a grinding the crankpins. circuit between contacts H2 and I I I to energize member 60 so that, when not in use, it may be swung upwardly to inoperative position, sup ported by sleeve I66. Assuming that main bearing I3 has been relay I I5. Said relay completes a circuit to motor ground, the operator shifts lever 49 to the left I20 ‘to rotate said motor in such a direction as to to supply ?uid under pressure from line 46 to move carriage 20 to the left until work engaging line 43, and the plunger end of cylinder H to 30 member 60 has resumed its normal position and shift piston 40 and plunger 39 downwardly valve I00 returns to position to permit the mer against spring 42. Plunger 39 is thus withdrawn cury in tube I06 to drop away from contact III from notch 38a. Lever 26 is shifted to the left and stop motor I20 with the carriage 20 in the and valve 25 to the right to connect line 3| desired position. through line 50 to the head end of cylinder 22. 35 In the meantime, feelers 6| and 62 have spread As soon as carriage 20 begins to move, lever 49 to the point where feeler 62 is engaging shoulder may be released and valve 44 will be moved to 80; and thus both feelers are in contact with the the left by spring 48 to a, position to connect respective shoulders. The movement of the car line 43 with exhaust line 41. Spring 42 will riage 20 to the right will shift the feeler unit so then raise piston 40 and plunger 39 into engage 40 that the portion 92\will move away from feeler 95. ment with spacing bar 35 so that, as soon as The mercury in the tube I05 will drop away from notch 38b moves into position, plunger 39 will contact H0, and motor I20 will stop. The work enter said notch and stop the carriage 20 in piece I0 will then be in a position for the grinding approximate position to grind bearing I4. wheel I6 to engage both shoulders equally. As soon as the carriage 20 stops, the operator 45 After the work engaging member 60 in Figure may release lever 26, and valve 25 will be returned 6 has been moved into operative position, the to neutral position by spring 52. A similar spring feeler members GI and 62 are spread apart by . 53 will move said valve to neutral position from the action of spring ‘I5. If the position of the the opposite direction. axial work piece relative to the grinding wheel is When carriage 20 comes to rest, the member 50 such that feeler member 6| engages shoulder 8| 60 is moved toward the work but is stopped at as said work engaging member moves into posi a point out of actual contact therewith. The tion, then the spreading action will cause the stop may be made by any suitable means provided work engaging member 60 as well as the bracket for this purpose. In actual practice, this move 2"), sleeve I66, shaft I65, bracket I62, and hence ment would probably be effected automatically. 55 the grinding wheel I6, to move to the left. This However, for the purpose of illustration, we show movement will continue until feeler 62 engages the locator mounted on resilient members I40 shoulder 80, thus stopping the spreading action and “I so that the device may be moved into ‘and the movement to the left caused thereby. and held in operative position manually. As The size of the grinding wheel and the shoulders soon as it has performed its function, it will be 60 80 and ill of the work piece are now in exact returned to inoperative position by said members I40 and HI. As said locator is moved into operative posi alignment, and the grinding wheel will grind equally on both shoulders. As soon as the work and wheel are centered, fluid under pressure can tion, it engages the stem. I5I of valve I50 and be directed either manually or automatically moves said valve against the action of spring I52. 65 through line I85 to cylinder I80 in order to clamp Said valve connects line ‘I6 with exhaust I53 to the locating mechanism, and hence the grinding release fluid from the forward end of piston 'II. wheel, in the adjusted position. Said piston is moved forward by means of spring If, for any reason, the work engaging member ‘I5; and pin ‘I0, mounted in said piston, in re— should get out of alignment with the grinding sponse to said movement, spreads the members 70 wheel, adjustment may be effected by applying U and 62 laterally in the direction of shoulders a wrench or crank to the portion 202 of worm 00 and 8| on work piece I0. Assuming that the gear 20I. Turning said worm gear will rotate location of the carriage 20 by_plunger 39 and nut I92 and cause shaft I65 to move endwise due notch 38b has stopped in a position with shoulder to the threaded portion I 9I in said nut. This 0| slightly closer to the member 6I than shoulder 75 will cause a relative axial movement between 2,559,481 ing wheel thereon, a locating device for position ing said grinding wheel relative to spaced shoulders ‘work engaging member 60 and grinding wheel l6, so that the two may be rotated to proper align- , on a work piece, comprising a work engaging unit having scissorslike work engaging elements, means for spreading said elements into engagement 1. In a machine tool, a work support, a tool with said spaced shoulders, said elements being support, means for effecting relative longitudinal pivotally mounted so that, if the work is of! movement between said supports, a work locating center, one of the work engaging members will device for positioning a work piece having op contact its corresponding shoulder before the posed shoulder portions relative to said tool, com prising a work engaging unit having scissorslike 10 other, connections between said work engaging element and the portion of said wheel supporting work engaging elements, means for spreading said member adjacent said grinding wheel, said con elements into engagement with said spaced shoul necting means being I responsive ‘to continued der portions, said elements being pivotally mount spreading of said work engaging elements to move ed so that, if the work is not in alignment with the tool, one of the work engaging elements will 15 said grinding wheel into a predetermined posi tion relative to said spaced shoulders.“ contact the corresponding shoulder before the 6. In a grinding machine for grinding spaced other, said work engaging unit being rotatable cylindrical portions of a work piece, each having about said pivot in a direction away from the opposed shoulder or ?anged portions, a grinding shoulder in response to continued spreading of said work engaging elements, and means respon 20 vwheel support, a grinding wheel rotatably mount ed thereon, a work supporting means, means for sive to the movement of said unit to set in opera effecting relative axial movement between said tion said longitudinal moving means for moving work and said wheel to successively position said the work in a direction to center said shoulder cylindrical portions and said grinding wheel in portions relative to said tool. operative relation, includinga spacing bar for ment. We claim: 2. In a machine tool for machining spaced cy 25 lindrical portions of a work piece, each having opposed shoulder portions, a work support, a tool support, a cutting tool mounted thereon, means one of said members having spaced notches cor locating device to effect a precision adjustment ‘ shoulders on a work piece, comprising a work responding to the portions to be ground, a plung er for engaging said notches to position said members in approximate operative relation, a for effecting relative longitudinal movement be- ' work locating device having means for engaging 30 tween said supports ,to successively position said said shoulder portions, and connections between cylindrical portions and said cutting tool in op said locating device and said wheel mounting at erative relation, including a spacing bar for one a point adjacent said wheel to effect a precision of said supports having spaced notches corre adjustment of said grinding wheel relative to said sponding to the portions to be ground, a plunger shoulder portions. for engaging said notches to position said sup 7. In a grinding machine, means for rotatably ports in approximate operative relation, a work ' supporting a work piece, a grinding wheel sup locating device having means for engaging said port and means for rotatably supporting a grind shoulder portions, and means separate from said ing wheel thereon, a locating device for posi~ longitudinal moving means and actuated by 'said tioning said grinding wheel relative to spaced between said member and said spacing bar, whereby to place said tool and one of said por tions of said work piece in substantially exact alignment. ’ 3. In a metal working machine, a device for relatively locating a cutting tool and a work piece having spaced shoulder portions, said device com prising a scissorslike work engaging member hav ing feelers for contacting said shoulder portions, 9. base for supporting said member, means for spreading said feelers into engagement with said shoulder portions including a piston, connections between said piston and said feelers for actuating , same, means for urging said piston in a direction to spread said work engaging members, and means operable alternately with said last-named means for urging said piston in the opposite di engaging unit having scissorslike work engaging elements normally in alignment with said grind ing wheel, means for spreading said elements into engagement with‘said spaced shoulders, said elements being pivotally mounted so that, it the work is not in alignment with the grinding wheel, one of the work engaging members will contact its corresponding shoulder before the other, con nections between said work engaging element and the portion of said wheel supporting mem ber adjacent said grinding wheel, said connecting means being responsive to continued spreading of said work engaging elements to move said, grind ing wheel into a predetermined position relative to said spaced shoulders, and means for effecting relative axial adjustment between said work en gaging member and said grinding wheel. 8. In a grinding machine, a grinding wheel 4. In a metal working machine, a- device for 00 support, a work carriage, means for effecting rel relatively locating a cutting tool and a work piece ative longitudinal movement between said wheel rection. having spaced shoulder portions, comprising support and said carriage, a work locating device scissorslike work engaging feelers, a base for sup for effecting a relative positioning movement be porting said feelers, means for spreading said tween spaced ‘shoulders on work pieces and a feelers into engagement with said shoulder por 65 grinding wheel, comprising a work engaging unit tions, including a piston, connections between having scissorslike work engaging elements, said piston and said feelers for actuating same, means for spreading said elements into engage-_ means for urging said piston in a direction to ment with said spaced shoulders, said elements spread said feelers, means forvholding said piston being pivotally mounted so that, if the work is in inoperative position, and means operable upon 70 not in alignment with the grinding wheel, one of _ movement of said locating device into operative the work engaging elements will contact the cor position for releasing said holding means. responding shoulder before the other, and means 5. In a grinding machine, means for rotatably responsive to continued spreading of said work supporting the work piece, a grinding wheel sup engaging elements to initiate said relative lon ‘ port and means for rotatably supporting a grind— 75 gitudinal movement to place the grinding wheel 2,559,431 10 and spaced shoulders on the work piece in align ment. 9. In a grinding machine, a work support, a grinding wheel rotatably mounted thereon, a grinding wheel support, means for effecting rela tive axial movement between said supports, a work locating device for positioning work pieces having opposed shoulder portions relative to a means being effective to stop said relative axial movement when said predetermined position is reached. MILBURN A. HOLLENGREEN. DONALD F. PRICE. REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the grinding wheel, comprising a scissorslike work . 0 ?le of this patent: engaging member positioned in operative rela l UNITED STATES PATENTS tion to said shoulder portions, and means actuat Number Name Date ed by said work engaging member when said 1,640,993 Hanson __________ __ Aug. 30, 1927 shoulder portions are out of alignment with said 1,840,231 Harrison et al. _____ Jan. 5, 1932 grinding wheel to initiate said relative axial Ott et a1. ________ __ Nov. 5. 1940 movement between said work and said wheel to 15 2,220,490 Flygare et a1 ______ __ Nov. 25, 1941 2,264,160 place said parts in a predetermined position, said
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