Patent · US Expired

Tool holder in particular quick exchange chuck

US5674031A · kind A · utility

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4References

45Claims

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Assignee

Otto Bilz Werkzeugfabrik GmbH & Co.

Inventors

Reiner Bilz · Eßlingen, DE
Siegfried Bader · Köngen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 21, 1995
Grant date	Oct 7, 1997
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 21, 2015

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T408/45
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool holder comprises a receptacle having one end connectable with a machine spindle, to a receptacle and the like and an opposite end, a head provided on the opposite end and having a coaxial cylindrical head opening, a housing received non-rotatably and axially longitudinally displaceable in the head opening and having a coaxial cylindrical housing opening, a quick exchange insert for a tool insertable in the housing opening and coupleable with the housing, and an inner signal device reacting to a relative movement between the head and the inserted quick exchange insert to produce a disturbance signal which identifies a damaged or a destroyed tool.

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