IP Library Patent Application 15300161
Patent Application
App. No. 15/300,161

TOOL ATTACHMENT PART, TOOL POST OF MACHINE TOOL EQUIPPED WITH TOOL ATTACHMENT PART, AND MACHINE TOOL

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15/300,161
Abstract

A tool attachment part includes an outer holder detachably fixed to a fixed part and an inner holder turnably and integrally supported by the outer holder. The inner holder is formed with a support part (insertion portion Tb) to support a rotatable tool. A drive-force transmission gear is integrally provided on the inner holder. The drive-force transmission gear is detachably engaged with a tool turning drive gear provided on a turret side. The tool turning drive gear is detachably attached to the turret by the fixed part and is engaged with the drive-force transmission gear such that the inner holder turns, and thereby the rotatable tool supported by the support part turns.

Claims (23)

1 - 9 . (canceled)

10 . A tool attachment part turnably holding a tool and attached to a tool post of a machine tool, comprising:

an outer holder that is detachably fixed to a fixed part formed on the tool post; and

an inner holder that is turnably and integrally supported by the outer holder, wherein

the inner holder is formed with a support part to support the tool,

drive-force input part is provided to be associated with the inner holder, the drive-force input part being detachably engaged with drive-force transmission part provided on the tool post side,

the drive-force input part is detachably attached to the tool post by the outer holder and is engaged with the drive-force transmission part such that the inner holder turns, and thereby the tool supported by the support part turns.

11 . The tool attachment part according to claim 10 , wherein the inner holder has a hollow cylindrical shape, and

when the rotatable tool is attached to the support part, a rotation force of the rotatable tool is transmitted to the tool attachment part through a hollow part of the inner holder.

12 . The tool attachment part according to claim 10 , wherein the drive-force transmission part includes a drive gear rotatably attached to the tool post, and

the drive-force input part includes a drive-force transmission gear that is detachably engaged with the drive gear.

13 . The tool attachment part according to claim 12 , wherein the drive gear and the drive-force transmission gear are bevel gears engaged with each other.

14 . A tool post of a machine tool including a tool attachment part turnably holding a tool and a body part attached with the tool attachment part, the tool held by the tool attachment part being turned to process a material, the tool post comprising:

drive-force transmission part that includes a fixed part to detachably fix the tool attachment part to the body part side and that is configured to turn the tool, wherein

the tool attachment part includes an outer holder that is detachably fixed to the fixed part and an inner holder that is turnably and integrally supported by the outer holder,

the inner holder is formed with a support part to support the tool and is associated with drive-force input part, the drive-force input part detachably engaged with the drive-force transmission part,

the tool attachment part is detachably attached to the body part by fixing the outer holder to the fixing part, and

the drive-force input part is engaged with the drive-force transmission part such that the inner holder turns and thereby the tool supported by the support part turns.

15 . The tool post according to claim 14 , wherein the body part is a turret turnably supported by the tool post

16 . The tool post according to claim 15 , wherein the drive-force transmission part includes a drive gear rotatably attached to the tool post, and

the drive-force input part includes a drive-force transmission gear that is detachably engaged with the drive gear.

17 . The tool post according to claim 16 , wherein the drive gear is positioned inside the turret.

18 . A machine tool comprising the turret tool post according to claim 14 .

Assignments (2)
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 22, 2017
From: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
To: CITIZEN WATCH CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041346/0878 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 3, 2016
From: AOYAGI, ATSUSHI
To: CITIZEN HOLDINGS CO., LTD.; CITIZEN MACHINERY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039922/0428 →