Patent · US Expired

Machine tool, especially a hammer drill or chisel

US6464234B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 11, 2001
Grant dateOct 15, 2002
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Expiry dateApr 20, 2021

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T279/17752
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

The machine tool, especially a hammer drill or chisel, has a rotatable and/or axially movable tool holder (10,12) for a tool (16) having a grooved shaft. The tool holder (10,12) includes a base body (22); two radially movable locking bodies (18,20) held in the base body and movable into respective locking positions engaged in two closed grooves (26,28) in the tool shaft; a bearing member (32) movable between a bearing position for holding the locking bodies (18,20) in the locking position and a releasing position in which the locking bodies are movable out of the grooves; an operating member (36,38) connected with the bearing member (32) for moving the bearing member (32) and a resilient plastic guiding member (42,44) arranged to guide the locking bodies (18,20) radially outward during motion from the locking to unlocking position and to act on the locking bodies (18,20) with a radially inwardly directed spring force.

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