Patent · US Expired

Clamping device

US3953143A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateFeb 20, 1975
Grant dateApr 27, 1976
Priority date
Expiry dateFeb 20, 1995

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T403/7069
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamping device for disposition in a blind hole or slot of a support body for locating and securing members such as hardened metal cutting inserts and the like. The clamping device of the present invention has an expandable plug member loosely receivable in a blind hole or slot and a rotatable member disposed centrally in the plug member such that upon rotation the plug member expands in the blind hole or slot to firmly clamp an insert between a wall of the blind hole and the expandable plug.

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