IP Library Granted Patent US 9,120,163
Granted Patent B2
US 9,120,163 · App. 13/663,193 · Granted Sep 1, 2015

Pressure medium controlled counterbore tool with a piston-cylinder unit

Inventor: Harry Studer (Balgach, CH)
Assignee: Heule Werkzeug AG
B23B51/102B23B2270/24Y10T408/45Y10T408/85Y10T408/854Y10T408/865
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Patent No.
US 9,120,163
App. No.
13/663,193
Granted
Sep 1, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pressure medium controlled counterbore tool with one or multiple cutters for metal cutting, which can be actuated in their swivel position by supplying a pressure medium, wherein the actuation of at least one cutter is performed by at least one cutter by means of at least one piston-cylinder unit actuated by the pressure medium.

Claims (10)

1. A pressure medium controlled counterbore tool with one or multiple cutters, which can be actuated in their swivel position by supplying a pressure medium, wherein the actuation of said at least one cutter is performed by means of at least one piston-cylinder unit that is actuated by the pressure medium, and said cutter can alternatively be swiveled out of a cutter chamber of a cutter housing by centrifugal forces, and wherein the piston-cylinder unit has at least one control pin with a pin end which can be applied to an end of the cutter to swivel the cutter into the cutter chamber, wherein the at least one cutter is supported eccentrically on a bearing bolt.

2. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure medium controls the swivel motion of the cutter by means of actuating the piston-cylinder unit and ensures the flushing and cooling of the cutter by means of at least one bypass bore arranged in the longitudinal direction of the counterbore tool.

3. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 or 2 , wherein the counterbore tool comprises a single pivoted cutter on a front of the cutter housing so that it can be swiveled.

4. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the counterbore tool comprises multiple cutters which are arranged side-by-side or on top of each other and which are driven by an assigned piston-cylinder unit so that they can be respectively swiveled out and swiveled in.

5. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the cutter is held spring-loaded in its retracted rest position and/or in its extended work position.

6. The counterbore tool according to claim 5 , wherein the spring-loaded holding is performed by a compression spring, which exerts a spring load onto the control pin to keep it against a piston of the piston-cylinder in the retracted position, which as a result is pre-loaded against the pressure medium flowing in.

7. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the cutter is swiveled-out with centrifugal force and/or spring force and the cutter is swiveled-in by the piston-cylinder unit.

8. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the cutter is swiveled-in and swiveled-out by actuation of the piston-cylinder unit.

9. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the pressure medium can be switched over between a first control duct and a second control duct with a changeover valve, in order to actuate the piston-cylinder unit in both directions and to retract or extend the cutter optionally.

10. The counterbore tool according to claim 1 , wherein the piston is undersized and is mounted displaceably movable in a cylinder chamber and that as a result a bypass flow of the pressure medium flushes a longitudinal hole past on the perimeter of the piston, in which the control pin is mounted displaceably.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 31, 2014
From: HEULE, ULF, MR.
To: HEULE WERKZEUG AG
Reel/Frame 034608/0319 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2013
From: STUDER, HARRY, MR.
To: HEULE, ULF, MR.
Reel/Frame 029706/0167 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 117 525 · Nov 3, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130115019A1 · May 9, 2013