Tool alignment device

US10814403B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Guehring KG · DE

Inventors

• Felix Rebholz · Ebingen, DE
• Ingo Von Puttkamer · Meßstetten, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2019
• Grant date: Oct 27, 2020
• Expiry date: May 6, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T409/308624
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool alignment device for mounting on a tool having a stop, especially on a drilling and/or countersinking tool having a single-piece tool shaft and a stop, for alignment of a drill hole and/or countersink to be introduced or for alignment of a finishing step in relation to a normal to the surface of a workpiece, comprising a main part and a through hole. Upon mechanical contact between the tool alignment device and the surface of the workpiece, a signaling device is actuated and emits alignment signal(s) during alignment in an alignment direction, and the stop of the tool can be accommodated in the main part, which comprises a guide device which establishes a connection between a stop sleeve of the stop and the tool alignment device such that the stop can be aligned in the alignment direction. Also, a drilling, milling and/or countersinking tool having a stop.