METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MOVING A CARRIER MEMBER, WHICH IS HELD BY A CHANGING DEVICE FOR A MACHINE TOOL FROM A FIRST POSITION INTO A SECOND POSITION

摘要

Enables rotary tipping action to be activated by only horizontal and vertical movements of the manipulator. A coupling block (11) attached to the pallet (4) has a horizontal pin (2), which engages with a slotted claw coupling (5) attached to the manipulation arm (13). The claw provides two positions for the pin. In one position (7), there is no restraint to rotation of the pallet, so that raising the arm causes the pallet to tilt. In the other position (6), vertical pegs in the claw coupling engage with holes in the base of the block and prevent rotation of the pallet relative to the arm.