| Pascal Engineering Corporation Patent applications |
| Patent application number | Title | Published |
| 20120112398 | ARTICLE POSITIONING MECHANISM - An article positioning mechanism for positioning an article comprising a component or a tool with respect to a mounting portion of a movable member of a mechanical device and also restraining rotation thereof includes a holder member to which the article is fixed and a frame shaped member that is fixed to the mounting portion, the holder member including position regulation surfaces and a tapered male engagement portion that is formed as a regular polygon and also is sloped so as to approach its axis in the direction towards the mounting portion, the frame shaped member including a reference surface that receives the position regulation surfaces and positions them in the axial direction, and a tapered female engagement portion that is formed as a regular polygon and also is sloped in the same direction as the tapered male engagement portion. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120098180 | CLAMP DEVICE - A clamp device has a gripping member which is expandable and contractible and is inserted into an aperture in a workpiece and grips the aperture, a clamp rod including a tapered shaft portion that fits into the gripping member, and a drive means for driving the clamp rod forwards and backwards. Provided is a support mechanism that supports the gripping member by fluid pressure when the gripping member is radially expanded, and a fluid pressure release means that releases the fluid pressure of the support mechanism after radial expansion of the gripping member when the clamp rod is driven by the drive means to perform clamping. The support mechanism has an annular pressure reception member that supports the gripping member, and a supporting fluid chamber that causes fluid pressure in the direction opposite to the clamping direction to be received on the annular pressure reception member. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20110311665 | Ejector device of injection molding machine - The ejector device of a molding machine includes: an ejector plate; an ejector drive means for driving the ejector plate in directions to approach towards and to withdraw from a platen; a plurality of rod insertion holes formed so as to pierce through the platen; and a plurality of ejector rods or a plurality of base rods which are base end portions of ejector rods that are inserted into the plurality of rod insertion holes so as to slide freely therein; and a plurality of magnetic rod fixing mechanisms capable of removably fixing the plurality of ejector rods to the ejector plate, or of removably fixing the plurality of detachable rods to the tip end portions of the base rods which are fixed to the ejector plate. | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110031670 | CLAMP DEVICE - A clamp device includes a support mechanism that supports a grip member when expanding the diameter thereof, a clamping hydraulic cylinder that can drive the grip member and a clamp rod axially forwards and backwards (up and down), and a main body member to which the grip member, the clamp rod, the support mechanism, and the clamping hydraulic cylinder are mounted, with the grip member, the clamp rod, and the support mechanism being positioned at one end portion of the body member, and with the common axis of the grip member and the clamp rod being offset from the axis of the clamping hydraulic cylinder in a direction orthogonal to the clamp rod. | 02-10-2011 |
| 20100320664 | CLAMP DEVICE - A clamp device includes a grip member, a clamp rod, and a hydraulic cylinder, and, by the grip member being inserted into an hole in a workpiece, it can grip the inner circumferential surface of the hole. The clamp device is provided with: a main body member; seating surfaces formed upon the main body member, upon which the workpiece is seated; a seating sensor that includes a pressurized air ejection hole opening to the seating surfaces; and a workpiece mounting surface that can receive and stop a workpiece at a position that is more advanced than the seating surfaces when the grip member is at an advanced position (its unclamped state), and that shifts together with the grip member during clamp operation when the grip member and the clamp rod shift towards retraction. | 12-23-2010 |
| 20100308524 | WORK PALLET POSITIONING AND FIXING DEVICE - A positioning and fixing device positions a work pallet in the vertical and horizontal directions relative to a base member via a ring member, and also restricts its rotation around the vertical axis. The base member has Z reference surfaces that can stop a lower end reference surface of the ring member and position it in the vertical direction, and a tapered male engagement portion whose horizontal cross section is formed as a regular polygon having a plurality of outwardly convex circular arcuate vertex portions and a plurality of side portions, and that reduces in diameter upwards. The ring member has a tapered female engagement portion that can engage with the tapered male engagement portion so that its lower end reference surface is in contact against the Z reference surfaces. A clamp mechanism for fixing the ring member to the base member is provided, and the side portions of at least one of the tapered female engagement portion and the tapered male engagement portion are adapted to engage in close contact with the other via elastic deformation. | 12-09-2010 |
| 20100092587 | MOLD FIXING SYSTEM - Each of a plurality of injection molding machines is provided with clamp plates fixed on platens and a plurality of magnet units to generate magnetic force for fixing a mold to the clamp plate fitted on the clamp plates; and the plurality of injection molding machines are provided with a plurality of common connectors having the same structure, each of which is electrically connected to the magnetic unit, a molding machine control unit and a power source device; and the mold fixing system comprises a set of operation control units to be shared by the plurality of injection molding machines, and when a mold is to be exchanged in any of the injection molding machines, the plurality of magnet units are switched to the non-adsorbing state or the adsorbing state via the operation control unit in the state where the operation control unit is connected to the common connector of the injection molding machine. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100038179 | Lubrication structure for gas spring - A lubricating oil received in a portion of a lower end side in a cylinder body is reliably supplied to a rod member and a sealing member to reliably lubricate a sliding part between the sealing member and the rod member by use of a pressure change of compressed gas in a gas spring with the rod member disposed in a posture of protruding it upward from a rod-side end wall of the cylinder body. In the lubricating structure of a gas spring, a pair of check valves preventing a back flow of a lubricating oil from the lubricating oil outlet side to the lubricating oil inlet side are provided in series in a lubricating oil passage connecting the lubricating oil inlet and the lubricating oil outlet, and the lubricating oil is introduced from the lubricating oil inlet into the lubricating oil passage and lubricating oil is discharged from the lubricating oil outlet by use of a pressure change of the compressed gas to supply it to the rod member. | 02-18-2010 |
| 20100013583 | MAGNETIC FIXING DEVICE - The magnetic fixing device comprises a clamping plate having a fixing surface to which a clamping object is fixed and plural magnetic force generation mechanisms. The magnetic force generation mechanisms each comprise a magnetic material member facing the fixing surface, plural permanent magnets arranged around the outer periphery of the magnetic material member, a first Alnico magnet placed on the back of the magnetic material member, and a first coil for switching the polarity of the first Alnico magnet, and can be switched between the absorption state in which the clamping object is adsorbed and the non-absorption state in which the clamping object is not adsorbed. An operation state indication mechanism capable of presenting an indicator indicating that the plural magnetic force generation mechanisms are in the absorption state or in the non-absorption state is provided on the fixing surface or outer periphery of the clamping plate. | 01-21-2010 |
| 20090278291 | FIXING STRUCTURE OF SPINDLE BALANCER FOR MACHINE TOOL TECHNICAL FIELD - A fixing structure of a spindle balancer for a machine tool in which a spindle balancer can be attached easily to a machine tool at an appropriate position in an appropriate posture while being supported stably and surely by the machine tool, safety is enhanced when the spindle balancer is attached to the machine tool by lessening the attaching load, set-up including replenishment of the cylinder body with compression gas and regulation of gas pressure is facilitated, and the attachment time and set-up time of the spindle balancer can be shortened. The fixing structure | 11-12-2009 |
| 20090267281 | WORK POSITIONING METHOD, AND POSITIONING DEVICE - Intended is to provide a method for positioning a work ( | 10-29-2009 |
| 20090232613 | Machine Tool Spindle Balancer - Provided is a machine tool spindle balancer that stably pulls and biases the spindle unit upward and thus reduces the load of the lift means for moving the spindle unit vertically, is easily applicable to existing machine tools, highly durable, downsizable, and has a simple structure advantageous in production cost. | 09-17-2009 |
| 20090169674 | Injection Molding Machine - The injection molding machine has a fixed platen and a movable platen for fixing a pair of molds; a pair of clamp plates mounted to the fixed platen and the movable platen, respectively, and having a fixation surface for mold fixation, respectively; and magnetic force generation mechanisms for generating a magnetic force for fixing the molds to the fixation surfaces, and, an air-gap formation means for automatically forming air-gaps between the fixation surfaces and the molds in association with the movement start of the movable platen while the magnetic force generation mechanisms are inactivated for detaching the molds from the fixation surfaces is provided at least in one of the clamp plates. | 07-02-2009 |