IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,155,382
Granted Patent B2
US 9,155,382 · App. 13/676,548 · Granted Oct 13, 2015

Clamping chuck

Inventor: Erich Duffner (March, DE)
Assignee: Zahoransky AG
A46D3/087B25B5/02B25B5/06B25B5/14B25B5/16
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Patent No.
US 9,155,382
App. No.
13/676,548
Granted
Oct 13, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a clamping chuck ( 1 ) for holding clamped a brush body ( 2 ), in particular a toothbrush body in its head region, including at least two clamping jaws ( 3 a , 3 b ) spaced apart from one another in the longitudinal direction of the brush body ( 2 ) to be held, at least one of the clamping jaws ( 3 b ) is movable and is adjustable between an open position and a closed position which holds the brush body ( 2 ) clamped between the clamping jaws ( 3 a , 3 b ). There is provided a brush body support ( 5 ) which is arranged between the clamping jaws ( 3 a , 3 b ) and which is adjustable between a closed position acting on the rear side of the brush body ( 2 ) and an open position which is retracted with respect to said closed position. A common actuating mechanism ( 6 ) is provided for jointly adjusting the clamping jaw(s) ( 3 b ) and the brush body support ( 5 ) against a restoring force from the respective closed position into the open position (FIG. 5 ).

Claims (10)

1. A clamping chuck ( 1 ) for holding clamped a brush body ( 2 ), comprising at least two clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ) spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the brush body ( 2 ) to be held, at least one of the clamping jaws ( 3 b ) is movable and is adjustable between an open position and a closed position which holds the brush body ( 2 ) clamped between the clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ), a brush body support ( 5 ) which is arranged between the clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ) and which is adjustable between a closed position acting on a rear side of the brush body ( 2 ) and an open position which is retracted with respect to said closed position, and a common actuating mechanism ( 6 ) for jointly adjusting at least one of the clamping jaws ( 3 b ) and the brush body support ( 5 ) against a restoring force from the respective closed positions into the open positions, the actuating mechanism ( 6 ) has an actuating element ( 7 ) which is actuatable in a longitudinal direction of the held brush body ( 2 ), and the actuating element ( 7 ) is a slide, which is mounted in a linearly displaceable manner against the restoring force of a restoring spring ( 9 ), and has an application end ( 10 ) for an application element ( 11 ) of the adjustable clamping jaw ( 3 b ) and a run-up slope ( 12 ) for an application element ( 13 ) for adjusting the brush body support ( 5 ).

2. The clamping chuck according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one movable clamping jaw ( 3 b ) is mounted in a linearly displaceable manner.

3. The clamping chuck according to claim 1 , wherein the brush body support ( 5 ) has a support surface ( 33 ) tailored to a shape of the respective brush body ( 2 ).

4. The clamping chuck according to claim 3 , wherein the brush body support ( 5 ) has a base part ( 31 ) and an exchange part ( 32 ) which is detachably held thereon and which has the support surface ( 33 ).

5. The clamping chuck according to claim 3 , wherein the brush body support ( 5 ) together with the support surface ( 33 ) is a laser sintered part formed in one piece.

6. The clamping chuck according to claim 1 , wherein one of the clamping jaws ( 3 a ) is positionable and fixable in a respective working position independently of an opening and closing movement of the clamping jaw ( 3 b ) which is movable between the open and the closed position.

7. The clamping chuck according to claim 1 , wherein the clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ) have, on at least one of an upper side or a lower side thereof, projections ( 18 ) which in certain regions overlap a holding region of the brush body ( 2 ) in the closed position.

8. The clamping chuck according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating mechanism ( 6 ) is configured such that, during a closing movement, the brush body support ( 5 ) comes into the respective closed position after the clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ).

9. The clamping chuck according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a width (b 2 )of the brush body ( 2 ) to be held to a width (b 1 ) of the clamping chuck ( 1 ) is between 0.7 and 1.0.

10. A clamping chuck ( 1 ) for holding clamped a brush body ( 2 ), comprising at least two clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ) spaced apart from one another in a longitudinal direction of the brush body ( 2 ) to be held, at least one of the clamping jaws ( 3 b ) is movable and is adjustable between an open position and a closed position which holds the brush body ( 2 ) clamped between the clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ), a brush body support ( 5 ) which is arranged between the clamping jaws ( 3 a, 3 b ) and which is adjustable between a closed position acting on a rear side of the brush body ( 2 ) and an open position which is retracted with respect to said closed position, and a common actuating mechanism ( 6 ) for jointly adjusting at least one of the clamping jaws ( 3 b ) and the brush body support ( 5 ) against a restoring force from the respective closed positions into the open positions, wherein the restoring force for adjusting at least one of the clamping jaws ( 3 b ) or the brush body support ( 5 ) from the closed position into the respective open position is settable, and in order to set the restoring force, in each case a spring pin ( 30 ) which is positionable with a setting wheel ( 29 ) and which acts on a restoring spring ( 16 , 17 ) is provided.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 14, 2012
From: DUFFNER, ERICH
To: ZAHORANSKY AG
Reel/Frame 029299/0904 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 118 638 · Nov 15, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130119595A1 · May 16, 2013