Chucking device
US4791841A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Aug 18, 1986 |
| Grant date | Dec 20, 1988 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 18, 2006 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T279/1266
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A primary piston (19) slides axially on a spindle body (5). Together with two cylindrical bearing surfaces of different diameters (D1 and D2) of the spindle body, the primary piston bounds a primary hydraulic chamber 22) which communicates via a conduit (25) with a secondary hydraulic chamber (24). The active face (33) of a secondary piston (20) bounds the secondary hydraulic chamber (24), so that the secondary piston (20) is displaced in response to a displacement of the primary piston (19) which is reduced in the same ratio as the cross-sections of the two chambers. The secondary piston (20) acts upon a chucking sleeve (15) which actuates the chuck (12) against the bias of a spring member (17) which, in the absence of pressure, holds the chuck (12) grippingly on a workpiece. The primary piston (19) is controlled by compressed air fed through a fixed spindle support (1) via a conduit (27) into a pneumatic chamber (21) bounded by a fixed bore (8) and by two disk-shaped elements (7 and 19) rotating with the spindle.
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