IP Library Granted Patent US 6,974,287
Granted Patent B2
US 6,974,287 · App. 10/427,063 · Granted Dec 13, 2005

Tool clamping device

Assignee: ESA Eppinger GmbH
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Patent No.
US 6,974,287
App. No.
10/427,063
Granted
Dec 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A tool clamping device for a tool having a shaft which is accurate to size and which can be inserted into the receiving bore of a tool support, is provided with a clamping device which can be screwed on a screw thread of the tool support while the tool has a ring, which is arranged radially protruding in a clamping area. The ring extends in the circumferential direction and, with the shaft of the tool inserted into the receiving bore, the clamping device is axially supported against the ring ( FIG. 2 ).

Claims (24)

1. A tool clamping device; comprising:

a tool support means ( 2 ), containing a tool receiver ( 4 ) including a receiving bore ( 5 ),

a tool means ( 7 , 7 a ) with a shaft ( 6 ) having a center axis ( 10 ), which can be inserted into the receiving bore ( 5 ) wherein the receiving bore ( 5 ) has a cross section extending at a right angle to the shaft center axis ( 10 ), wherein the tool means shaft ( 6 ) has a cross section matching the cross section of the bore ( 5 ), wherein the shaft ( 6 ) when inserted into the receiving bore ( 5 ) is in contact with the bore ( 5 ) at close tolerance, and

the tool means including a cylindrical section ( 8 ) which extends at a right angle with respect to the shaft center axis ( 10 ) in a circumferential direction, wherein the tool support means ( 2 ) has an end face ( 12 ), wherein the cylindrical section ( 8 ) has an end face ( 11 ) and wherein the end face ( 11 ) of the cylindrical section and the end face ( 12 ) of the tool support means are in contact without play when the shaft ( 6 ) is inserted into the receiving bore ( 5 );

the cylindrical section ( 8 ) further including clamping grooves ( 9 ) circumscribing the cylindrical section ( 8 ) at right angles with respect to the shaft center axis ( 10 );

a ring ( 14 ) circumscribing the cylindrical section ( 8 ) at right angles with respect to the shaft center axis ( 10 ), and engaging the clamping grooves ( 9 );

a clamping device, having clamping means ( 17 , 67 , 68 ), which can be directly or indirectly fastened in place on the tool support means ( 2 ), and

wherein the ring ( 14 ) radially protrudes past the tool means in a clamping area and extends in the circumferential direction with respect to the shaft center axis ( 10 ) and wherein the clamping means ( 17 , 67 , 68 ) are fastened in place on the tool support means on the ring and are ( 2 ) axially supported when the shaft ( 6 ) has been inserted into the receiving bore ( 5 ).

2. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the ring is a split ring ( 14 ).

3. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 2 , characterized in that the tool means ( 7 ) is a tool quick-action change insert wherein the split ring ( 14 ) inserted into the clamping grooves ( 9 ) is fixed in place by attaching a round cord ring ( 16 ).

4. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that with the shaft ( 6 ) inserted into the receiving bore ( 5 ), the clamping means ( 17 , 67 , 68 ) can be actuated from the side of the tool support means ( 2 ), which faces the tool means ( 7 , 7 a ).

5. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 characterized in that detent means ( 13 , 23 , 72 ), which become effective when the clamping means are released, are assigned to the clamping means ( 17 , 67 , 68 ), by means of which the tool means ( 7 , 7 a ) can be pulled out of the tool receiver ( 4 ) by actuating the clamping means in the release direction.

6. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the receiving bore of the tool receiver is embodied as a tapering bore ( 28 ), which is equipped for receiving a collet chuck.

7. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the tool support means ( 2 ) have a tool clamping insert ( 26 ), which is connected with the tool support means and contains the tool receiver ( 4 ).

8. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 7 , characterized in that the clamping means are fastened in place on the tool clamping insert ( 26 ).

9. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 7 , characterized in that the tool receiver ( 4 ), formed on the tool clamping insert, contains the receiving bore, which is equipped as a tapered bore for receiving a collet chuck.

10. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the clamping means have a tensioning nut ( 17 ), which can be screwed onto a screw thread ( 18 ) of the tool support means ( 2 ), or of an element ( 26 ) connected therewith.

11. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 10 , characterized in that the tensioning nut ( 17 ) is maintained, secure against loss, on the tool means ( 7 , 7 a ).

12. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 10 , characterized in that the tensioning nut ( 17 ) is a cap nut.

13. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 12 , characterized in that the tensioning nut ( 17 ) is maintained between the ring ( 14 ) and axial detent means ( 13 , 23 ) on the tool means ( 7 , 7 a ) or on the screw thread ( 18 ).

14. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , characterized in that the clamping means have clamping elements ( 67 , 68 ) acting on the ring ( 14 ), which are seated radially movable in a restricted manner and can be clamped against the ring ( 14 ) of the tool support means in the axial direction.

15. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 14 , characterized in that the clamping elements are connected, radially movable in a restricted manner, with a clamping body ( 50 ), which is seated, axially displaceable, on the tool support means of an element ( 49 ) connected therewith, and to which actuating means are assigned, which are accessible from the exterior and generate an axial movement.

16. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 15 , characterized in that the actuating means contain two eccentric drive mechanisms ( 61 , 66 ), which are arranged opposite each other.

17. The tool clamping device in accordance with claim 1 , including a hooked wrench ( 39 ) and characterized in that the tool support means ( 2 ) have on their circumference at least one recess ( 36 , 38 ), to which the hooked wrench ( 39 ) can be applied, wherein the hooked wrench ( 39 ) has an essentially L-shaped form with two legs ( 40 ), which extend at right angles to each other, each of the legs ( 40 ) has at its end an inwardly oriented pin ( 41 ) acting as a blocking element, and wherein the wrench ( 39 ) also includes an elongated hole ( 42 ) provided symmetrically between the two legs ( 40 ), whose longitudinally axis rests on a median line ( 43 ) of the angle enclosed by the two legs ( 40 ), the hooked wrench ( 39 ) is placed with the elongated hole ( 42 ) on a bearing bolt ( 44 ) screwed into a housing ( 1 ), which housing houses tool support means ( 2 ), and wherein one of the pin ( 41 ) engages a recess ( 36 , 38 ) of said at least one recess and the other pin ( 41 ) of the other leg ( 40 ) is maintained out of contact with a recess of said least one recess.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 27, 2023
From: ESA EPPINGER GMBH; EGT EPPINGER GETRIEBE TECHNOLOGIE GMBH
To: KAYNE SENIOR CREDIT III LOANCO, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 063459/0137 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2003
From: NEUMEIER, MANFRED
To: ESA EPPINGER GMBH
Reel/Frame 014264/0139 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102 19 599 · May 2, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040009047A1 · Jan 15, 2004