.~ Plural tools selectively engageable with single drive {2}
552
.~.~ Turret of tools
DEFINITION
Classification: 83/552
(under subclass 549) Apparatus wherein the series or group of spaced tools (or tool pairs) are mounted for bodily simultaneous movement upon a revolvable drum or disk.
SEE OR SEARCH CLASS
29, Metal Working,
39+, for turret mounted tools for performing plural diverse metal shaping operations.
234, Selective Cutting (e.g., Punching),
99+, and 113, for a turret of interposers (i.e., gag blocks to control the selection of a combination of tools for actuation in a given cycle). 483, Tool Changing,
16+, for a machine tool combined with a significantly recited tool changer. Note that a tool changer of Class 483 bodily removes a tool from the turret.
