摘要 |
<p>A gear cutting machine is provided with an endless chain for carrying a plurality of tools into contact with one or more workpieces to thereby form gear tooth configurations on the workpieces. The endless chain is provided with tightening means for stiffening articulated links of the chain as it passs through a zone in which its tools make contact with a workpiece, thereby providing a rigid series of links in the work zone.</p> |