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Clamping device

US4135418A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateOct 31, 1977
Grant dateJan 23, 1979
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Expiry dateOct 31, 1997

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/95
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamping device, especially for clamping tools in a turret or the like, in which each tool is provided with radially outwardly movable clamp elements and an actuating element carried by the tool movable axially for actuating the clamp elements. The turret in which the tool is mounted includes mechanism for driving the actuating element in actuating direction and for releasing the actuating element from actuating position to release the respective tool from the supporting turret.

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