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Press brake tool holder

US6003360A · kind A · utility

46Cited by
12References
19Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateJul 1, 1997
Grant dateDec 21, 1999
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Expiry dateJul 1, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
  • CPC primaryB21D5/0209
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A press brake tool holder having a horizontally elongated body having a support plate, and a horizontally elongated clamp having upper and lower portions and pivotally attached to the body between the upper and lower portions so as to capture between it and the support plate the upwardly extending shank of a brake press tool. A handle-operated cam shaft is carried by the body and is linked to the upper portion of the clamp by cam follower elements which provide a rigid linkage. Clamps may be thus mounted to both sides of the body, and each can be independently operated when the other is removed. The clamp is mounted to the body by means of mounting pins having articulating heads that are slidingly received in slots in the body, the slots having enlarged entryways enabling the clamp to be removed from or attached to the body by sliding the clamp with respect to the body to align the articulating heads with the slot entryways.

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