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Apparatus for holding a toolholder shank

US5415066A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 8, 1994
Grant dateMay 16, 1995
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Expiry dateApr 8, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T409/30952
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus for releasably holding a tubular toolholder shank by axially reciprocating a lock rod between a locked and unlocked position. The lock rod is reciprocated using a rotatable cam. The cam compresses a spring thereby urging the lock rod in the locked position and positively displaces the lock rod to the unlocked position.

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