Bit or tool extension and method of making same
US7506877B1 · kind B1 · utility
Inventors
Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 13, 2006 |
| Grant date | Mar 24, 2009 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 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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