Patent · US Expired

Tool turret with torque overload protection

US5758399A · kind A · utility

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7Claims

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Assignee

SAUTER FEINMECHANIK GMBH · DE

Inventors

Detlef Sahm · Lichtenwald, DE
Alfred E. Muller · Metzingen, DE
Peter Quass · Metzingen, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Apr 26, 1996
Grant date	Jun 2, 1998
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Apr 26, 2016

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T82/2587
WIPO fieldMachine tools
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A tool turret has a turret housing and a hollow supporting column. A head is provided at one end of the supporting column. The other end of the supporting column is connected with the turret housing. A tool face is mounted rotatably relative to the head and is lockable with this head. The tool face has at least one recess for a tool. A torque overload protection arrangement is provided between the hollow supporting column and the head and/or between the hollow supporting column and the turret housing.

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