Clamping device for at least one adjustable element, preferably for a working spindle of a machine, preferably a machine for machining workpieces of wood, plastic material etc

US6152437A · kind A · utility

Assignee

• Michael Weinig AG · DE

Inventors

• Robert Bauer · Langhorne, US
• Albrecht Dawidziak · Großrinderfeld, DE
• Heinrich Englert · Hofheim, DE
• Thomas Hohstadt · Boxberg, DE
• Hubert Klein · Wertheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 1, 1998
• Grant date: Nov 28, 2000
• Expiry date: May 1, 2018

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B23Q3/18
• WIPO field: Machine tools
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A clamping device for at least one adjustable element has at least one adjusting spindle designed to receive a crank for adjusting the element. Upon pushing the crank unto the adjusting spindle, a signal for releasing the clamping action is triggered.