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Bit or tool extension and method of making same

US7506877B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJan 13, 2006
Grant dateMar 24, 2009
Priority date
Expiry dateMar 15, 2027

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T408/76
  • WIPO fieldMachine tools
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus, method and system for extending working tool or bit from a source of rotary power, including a body with a shank, blind bore for the shank of the tool or bit, a tangential bore, a clamping member insertable through one end of the clamping bore, the clamping member having an internal threaded bore, a threaded fastener inserted through the other end of the clamping bore into the threaded bore of the clamping member, an opening into the blind bore into which a wedging section of the clamping member can be drawn tangentially by action of the threaded member.

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