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Class Number: 483 Class Title: TOOL CHANGING Subclass Subclass Number Title 1 PROCESS 2 WITH SAFETY MEANS 3 .Guard 4 WITH MEANS TO REGULATE OPERATION BY MEANS OF REPLACEABLE INFORMATION SUPPLY (E.G., TEMPLET, TAPE, CARD, ETC.) 5 .Replaceable information comprising tool location 6 ..Including determining optimum tool access path 7 WITH CONTROL MEANS ENERGIZED IN RESPONSE TO ACTIVATOR STIMULATED BY CONDITION SENSOR 8 .Responsive to tool identifying information 9 ..Identifying information on tool or tool holder 10 .Responsive to tool 11 ..Including means to monitor and control, i.e., adaptive machining 12 WITH SIGNAL OR INDICATOR 13 WITH MEANS TO CONDITION OR ADJUST TOOL OR TOOL SUPPORT 14 WITH MEANS TO TRANSFER WORK 15 .Plural machine tools, e.g., flexible manufacturing 16 INCLUDING MACHINE TOOL OR COMPONENT 17 .Rotating work machine tool (e.g., screw machine, lathe, etc.) 18 ..Tool support comprises rotary spindle 19 ..Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature 20 ...Workpiece holder (e.g., chuck or chuck jaw, collet, etc.) 21 ...Turning tool insert changer 22 ..Tool changer between tool support and matrix 23 ...Plural matrices 24 ...Tool support comprises turret 25 ....Linearly moveable tool changer 26 ...Linearly moveable tool changer 27 ..Direct tool exchange between tool support and matrix 28 .Reciprocating tool machine tool (e.g., broaching machine, shaping machine, etc.) 29 ..Including matrix 30 .Rotary spindle machine tool (e.g., milling machine, boring, machine, grinding machine, etc.) 31 ..Tool having specific mounting or work treating feature 32 ...Tool head 33 ...Abrading wheel 34 ...Including means for angularly orienting tool and spindle 35 ....Spindle angularly oriented to align with tool 36 ..Tool changer between spindle and matrix 37 ...Plural matrices 38 ...Including tool holder pivotable about axis 39 ....Plural tool holders pivotable about common axis 40 .....Including intermediate tool changer 41 ......Intermediate tool changer includes tool holder pivotable about axis 42 .....Tool holders pivotable with respect to each other 43 .....Tool holders pivotable about plural nonparallel axes 44 .....Linearly movable tool holders 45 ......Extensible tool holders 46 ......Translatable axiss 47 ....Distinct tool changer for each tool 48 ....Including intermediate tool changer 49 ....Linearly movable tool holder 50 ....Tool holder pivotable about plural nonparallel axes 51 ...Including linearly translatable tool changer (e.g., shuttle, ram, etc.) 52 ....Plural tool holders 53 ....Orthogonally translatable 54 ..Direct tool exchange between spindle and matrix 55 ...Spindle comprises tool changer 56 ....Matrix indexes selected tool to transfer position 57 ...Including means to project tool from matrix 58 TOOL TRANSFER TO OR FROM MATRIX 59 .Matrix including means to latch tool 60 .Matrix including means to project tool for transfer 61 ..Rectilinear 62 ..Pivoting 63 .Plural matrices 64 ..including tool replenishing 65 .Including tool pot or adapter 66 .Indexing matrix 67 ..Rotary disc 68 ..Chain or belt 69 MISCELLANEOUS * ****************************** * CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS * ****************************** 900 GRIPPING PORTION ENGAGES TOOL SIMULTANOUS WITH TOOL ROTATING IN SPINDLE 901 ROBOT END EFFECTORS 902 TOOL GRIPPERS