US 12,202,048 B2
Centering device for supplying bars to machine tools
Cesare Cucchi, Bussero (IT)
Assigned to CUCCHI GIOVANNI & C. S.R.L., (IT)
Appl. No. 17/616,389
Filed by CUCCHI GIOVANNI & C. S.R.L., Bussero (IT)
PCT Filed Jun. 3, 2020, PCT No. PCT/IB2020/055237
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 3, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/245741, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 10, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 102019000008016 (IT), filed on Jun. 4, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258250 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. B23B 13/12 (2006.01); B23B 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC B23B 13/126 (2013.01) [B23B 13/02 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A centring device for centring bars, tubes or similar to be supplied to a spindle of a machine tool, including:
a support base body along which a through opening is obtained for the passage of the bar,
oblong centring elements, which are connected rotatably to said support base body and arranged circumferentially thereto to maintain the bar axially aligned on the spindle of the machine tool,
an elastic element arranged for urging elastically said oblong centring elements to a radial collecting and contraction position in which they are in mutual proximity, wherein
each of said oblong centring elements is provided with friction reducing members including revolving members configured for facilitating the corresponding sliding of said bar with respect to the oblong centring element,
said revolving members including at least one revolving bearing the rotation axis of which is tiltable, in an adjustable manner, with respect to an axial plane of said support base body, each revolving bearing being rotatably supported by a respective shank protrusion that projects from the respective oblong centring element, wherein
said shank protrusion is connected to the respective oblong centring element in an adjustable manner by suitable fixing elements that, once loosened, enable the orientation of the respective axis to be varied, to select the position and tilt of the respective revolving bearing in a desired manner in function of specific needs and on the basis of the geometry of said bars, tubes or similar to guide to the machine tool.